Some gastrointestinal nematodes and ixodid ticks shared by several wildlife species in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
| Autor: | J. Boomker, G. James Gallivan, Ivan Gerard Horak, Kerstin Junker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ixodidae
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Swine 040301 veterinary sciences Range (biology) Zoology Animals Wild Tick 01 natural sciences Host-Parasite Interactions 0403 veterinary science South Africa biology.animal Animals Trichostrongylus Galliformes Nematode Infections 0105 earth and related environmental sciences biology Host (biology) National park Amblyomma Equidae 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Hares biology.organism_classification Tick Infestations Wildebeest Infectious Diseases Antelopes Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology. 148:740-746 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8161 0031-1820 |
| Popis: | Parasite surveys were conducted for 1–2 years in the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa on blue wildebeest, impalas, greater kudus, common warthogs and scrub hares. The host associations of some of the gastrointestinal nematode species infecting ≥60% of at least one of the five host species, were determined. These were Agriostomum gorgonis, Cooperia acutispiculum, Cooperia connochaeti, Cooperia hungi, Cooperia neitzi, Cooperioides hamiltoni, Gaigeria pachyscelis, Haemonchus bedfordi, Haemonchus krugeri, Haemonchus vegliai, Impalaia tuberculata, Longistrongylus sabie, Strongyloides papillosus, Trichostrongylus deflexus and Trichostrongylus thomasi. Although the prevalence of Trichostrongylus falculatus did not exceed 50% in any host species, it was present in all five hosts. Nematodes in the KNP range from those exhibiting strict host associations to generalists. Nematode-host associations may be determined by host feeding patterns and habitat use. Eight ixodid tick species were commonly collected from the same animals and in 2–3 year long surveys from plains zebras and helmeted guinea fowls: Amblyomma hebraeum, Amblyomma marmoreum, Hyalomma truncatum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus decoloratus, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis. Host specificity was less pronounced in ixodid tick species than in nematodes and the immature stages of five tick species infested all host species examined. |
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