some intestinal helminths of norway rat ruttus horvegicus (berkenhout1769) in basrah iraq

Three helminth species, one cestode Hymenolepis diminuta and two nematodes Protospirura magna, Pterygodermatites tani are found through the survey done on 55 Norway rats Rattus norvegicus were collected from several localities of Basrah center during the period from January till April (2004). The percentage of infection was (69%) in total helminths. Comparison with previous studies carried out in Iraq, showed that the two nematodes reported in present study are recorded for the first time in Iraq.