Aftab Ahmad’s scientific contributions

... Menoponids occur exclusively on birds, constituting 1 of the 2 most species-rich (> 1,050 species), most prevalent, and abundant families of avian lice (the other being Philopteridae). Several genera are known to feed partially on blood and are capable of causing economic harm to the poultry industry (for example, Menacanthus cornutus, Menopon gallinae (Figure 4), and Trinoton querquedulae) (see, for example, Saxena et al., 1985;2004;Sychra et al., 2008;Mullens et al., 2010;Kumar and Kumar, 2016;Kumar et al., 2017). The diversity of species in this group appears to be correlated with host defensive capabilities, like T-cell immune responses (Møller and Rózsa, 2005) and uropygial gland size (Møller et al., 2010). ...

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Chapter 64: Phthiraptera (Order): Lice [Concepts in Animal Parasitology]