Prevalence of ectoparasitic arthropods on wild animals and cattle in the Las Merindades area (Burgos, Spain)
Authors
Domínguez Peñafiel, Fermín Gerardo; Giménez Pardo, Consuelo; Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel; Lledó García, María LourdesIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61158DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2011183251
ISSN: 1252-607X
Date
2011-08Bibliographic citation
Parasite, 2011, v. 18, n. 3, p. 251-260
Keywords
ectoparasites
wild animals
domestic animals
epidemiology
Spain
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Abstract
This paper reports the prevalence of ectoparasitic arthropods in sampled groups of wild (n = 128; 16 species) and domestic (n = 69; 3 species) animals in the Las Merindades area of the Province of Burgos, Spain. The study revealed that wild animals were more infested and with a wider variety of ectoparasites than domestic animals. The parasitic prevalence was 67 % for wild animals and 48 % for livestock. In this way, 39 % of animals were infected by ticks. Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes hexagonus were the most prevalent species whereas Dermacentor reticulatus showed affinity for the fox and wolf. The overall prevalence of parasitisation by fleas was 27 %. Ctenophthalmus spp. showed the wider range host in wild animals, while Pulex irritans was the most frequent specie found. The parasitic prevalences by lice (Trichodectes melis, Trichodectes canis and Trichodectes mustelae) and by mite (Neotrombicula spp., Laelaps agilis and Sarcoptes scabiei) were 4 % and 12 %, respectively. In both cases only wild animals were found parasited.
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