International Conference on Integrative . Approaches of Rodent Studies 86 RODENT ECOPARASITES IN GOLESTAN PROVINCE, IRAN Nona Moradpour 1 , Ali Moshaverinia 2 , Jamshid Darvish 1, 3 , Hassan Borji 2 , Ahmad Mahmoudi 3 1. Rodentology Research Department, Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran ; E - mail: Nonamoradpour@um.ac.ir , darvish_j2001@yahoo.com . 2. Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran ; E - mail: moshaverinia@um.ac.ir , hborji@um.ac.ir 3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran ; E - mail: a.mahmoudi.bio@gmail.com The commensal rodents are the source of economic losse s and health conflicts. One of the major health problems with the rodents is their role as reservoir hosts of zoonotic diseases. This study was carried out to identify the infestation of rodents with ectoparasites in Gorgan and Ali Abad - e Katoul (Golestan province ) A total of 50 rodents from 3 species ( Mus musculus , Microtus sp and Apodemus witherbyi ) were captured and examined for ectoparasites from March 2015 to February 2016 . Three lice species were removed from infected rodents and identified as follows: Polyplax serrata , hoplopleura enomydis , Polyplax spinulosa . Mites and ticks found in this study including, Echinolaelapes echidninus , ornitonysus bacoti , Laelaps sp, Ixodes sp , haemaphysalis erinacei , Hyalomma sp. 10 Mus musculus were free of ectoparasites . Among different species identified, some have a main role in transmission of zoonotic pathogens from rodents to humans and animals. There for this species need to be conside red to prevent zoonotic infections

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