Richness and abundance of ticks associated with domestic animals at different altitudes in Southern Mexico.

Autor: Ulloa-García A; Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Campus IV, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Electronic address: armando.ulloa@unach.mx., Torres-Monzon JA; Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/INSP, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Electronic address: jatorres@insp.mx., Toledo JBG; Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/INSP, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico., López-López N; Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Campus IV, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Electronic address: noe.lopez@unach.mx., Galvez-Velazquez D; Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Campus IV, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico., Velazquez-Figueroa D; Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Campus IV, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico., Bermúdez SE; Medical Entomology Department, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama. Electronic address: sbermudez@gorgas.gob.pa., Herrera-Mares A; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: angelmares@ciencias.unam.mx.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports [Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports] 2024 Nov; Vol. 56, pp. 101136. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101136
Abstrakt: The objective of this study was to determine the richness, abundance, and altitudinal distribution of ticks collected from domestic animals in five municipalities and sixteen distinct communities along the Pacific coast of southern Mexico in Chiapas. Ticks were sampled from dogs, horses, and cows in each range. A total of 311 hosts were sampled, of which 264 (85 %) were dogs, 26 (8 %) were horses, and 21 (7 %) were cows. Of these, 83 (26 %), 17 (5 %), and 7 (2 %) hosts were infested, respectively. A total of 583 ticks were collected, representing four genera and six species. The most prevalent species was Rhipicephalus linnaei (68.61 %, n = 400), followed by Rhipicephalus microplus (0.51 %, n = 3), Amblyomma ovale (1.71 %, n = 10), Amblyomma mixtum (1.71 %, n = 10), Ixodes ci. boliviensis (2.22 %, n = 13), and Dermacentor dissimilis (25.21 %, n = 147). Of the identified ticks, A. mixtum, A. ovale, R. microplus, and R. linnaei were distributed at elevations between 0 and 1000 m, while at elevations between 1000 and 2000 m, only the species I. ci. boliviensis and D. dissimilis were found. The characteristics of each locality are discussed in order to explain the abundance of ticks and to assess their potential risk as vectors of public health pathogens.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Authors declare no conflict of interest in the development of this research project.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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