Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa
Ticks collected from domestic cats (Felis catus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus),caracals (Caracal caracal), African wild cats (Felis lybica), black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), a serval (Leptailurus serval), lions(Panthera leo), and leopards (Panthera pardus) were identified and counted. Thirteen spe...
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| description | Ticks collected from domestic cats (Felis catus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus),caracals (Caracal caracal), African wild cats (Felis lybica), black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), a serval (Leptailurus serval), lions(Panthera leo), and leopards (Panthera pardus) were identified and counted. Thirteen species of ixodid ticks and one argasid tick were identified from domestic cats and 17 species of ixodid ticks from wild felids. The domestic cats and wild felids harboured 11 ixodid species in common. The adults of Haemaphysalis elliptica, the most abundant tick species infesting cats and wild felids, were most numerous on a domestic cat in late winter and in mid-summer, during 2 consecutive years. The recorded geographic distribution of the recently described Haemaphysalis colesbergensis, a parasite of cats and caracals, was extended by 2 new locality records in the Northern Cape Province,South Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5075fb98b1a044238869600747f9d9702022-12-22T03:30:52ZengAOSISOnderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research0030-24652219-06352010-11-01771e1e710.4102/ojvr.v77i1.3271Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern AfricaIvan G. Horak0Heloise Heyne1Edward F. Donkin2Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South AfricaARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South AfricaDepartment of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTicks collected from domestic cats (Felis catus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus),caracals (Caracal caracal), African wild cats (Felis lybica), black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), a serval (Leptailurus serval), lions(Panthera leo), and leopards (Panthera pardus) were identified and counted. Thirteen species of ixodid ticks and one argasid tick were identified from domestic cats and 17 species of ixodid ticks from wild felids. The domestic cats and wild felids harboured 11 ixodid species in common. The adults of Haemaphysalis elliptica, the most abundant tick species infesting cats and wild felids, were most numerous on a domestic cat in late winter and in mid-summer, during 2 consecutive years. The recorded geographic distribution of the recently described Haemaphysalis colesbergensis, a parasite of cats and caracals, was extended by 2 new locality records in the Northern Cape Province,South Africa.https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/3domestic catsixodid ticks19 speciessouthern Africawild felids |
| spellingShingle | Ivan G. Horak Heloise Heyne Edward F. Donkin Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research domestic cats ixodid ticks 19 species southern Africa wild felids |
| title | Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa |
| title_full | Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa |
| title_short | Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII . Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern Africa |
| title_sort | parasites of domestic and wild animals in south africa xlviii ticks acari ixodidae infesting domestic cats and wild felids in southern africa |
| topic | domestic cats ixodid ticks 19 species southern Africa wild felids |
| url | https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/3 |
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