| mammalian wildlife diseases as hazards to man and livestock in an area of the llanos orientales of colombia. | development of the llanos orientales of colombia, and access to underdeveloped areas in the llanos, may create disease hazards to man and domestic animals or introduce exotic pathogens, creating reservoirs of infection for domestic animals and acting as limiting factors on the native wild species. a survey of wild animals common to the llanos revealed a number of parasites indigenous to the area. a total total of 59 mammalian species, representing eight orders were examined. haematozoa were repr ... | 1981 | 6788961 |
| life cycle of ixodes luciae (acari: ixodidae) in the laboratory. | the life cycle of ixodes luciae was evaluated for five consecutive generations in the laboratory. wild mice calomys callosus and laboratory rats rattus norvegicus were used as hosts for larvae and nymphs. for adult ticks, opossums didelphis aurita were used as hosts. off-host developmental periods were observed in an incubator at 27 degrees c and 95% rh. the life cycle of i. luciae lasted 95-97 days, excluding prefeeding periods. c. callosus, one of the natural host species for i. luciae immatur ... | 2009 | 19756745 |
| ticks species (ixodida) in the summit municipal park and adjacent areas, panama city, panama. | from september 2007 to september 2009, we studied the species of ticks present in the summit municipal park. ticks were extracted from zoo animals, free-living wild mammals and reptiles trapped, dead mammals on the roads and environment (ground and zoo burrows). a total of 2,649 ticks were collected: 2,167 immature stages (1,345 larvae and 822 nymphs) and 482 adults. seventeen species were identified: ornithodoros puertorricensis (argasidae), amblyomma auricularium, a. cajennense, a. calcaratum, ... | 2010 | 20585838 |
| synanthropic mammals as potential hosts of tick-borne pathogens in panama. | synanthropic wild mammals can be important hosts for many vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. the aim of this study was determine the exposure of synanthropic mammals to two types of tick-borne pathogens in panama, spotted fever group rickettsia (sfgr) and borrelia relapsing fever (rf) spirochetes. one hundred and thirty-one wild mammals were evaluated, including two gray foxes, two crab-eating foxes (from zoos), four coyotes, 62 opossum and 63 spiny rats captured close to rural towns. to evaluate ... | 2017 | 28060928 |
| rickettsial infection in ticks (acari: ixodidae) of wild animals in midwestern brazil. | ticks collected in the last two decades from free-living and captive wild animals from 28 municipalities of the brazilian state of mato grosso were identified and tested using molecular methods for the presence of rickettsial agents. a total of 4467 ticks (229 larvae, 1676 nymphs, 1565 males, 997 females) representing 27 ixodid species were collected from 235 species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals from three different ecoregions (pantanal, cerrado, and amazonia). the species amblyom ... | 2016 | 26775021 |
| new host records of ixodes luciae (acari: ixodidae) in the state of para, brazil. | the aim of this paper is to record new hosts for ixodes luciae sénevet in the state of para, brazil, and present a case of malformation (teratogeny) in a nymph of this species. the new host records are marmosa murina (parasitized by females) and philander opossum (parasitized by nymphs). one of these nymphs showed malformation in the posterior margin of the opisthosoma resulting in a heart shaped posterior end. | 2013 | 24252962 |