Prevalence and Infection Rate of Three Gizzard Nematodes in the Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos L., 1758 Collected in Al- Diwaniya and Diyala Provinces , Central Iraq

Three nematodes : Amidostomum acutum , Epomidiostomum uncinatum and Hadjelia truncata , were recovered from the gizzards of wintering mallard collected at two sites in central Iraq. A brief description of the parasites along with some notes on their infection rate, prevalence and discussion with the pertinent literature are provided.