Has the red sheep tick, Haemaphysalis punctata, recently expanded its range in England?

Autor:	J M, Medlock, K M, Hansford, A G C, Vaux, B, Cull, M E, Pietzsch, E L, Gillingham, N, Johnson, L P, Phipps
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Male Sheep Wales Ixodidae Bird Diseases Sheep Diseases Poaceae Tick Infestations England Animals Humans Female Passeriformes Rabbits
Zdroj:	Medical and veterinary entomology. 32(4)
ISSN:	1365-2915
Popis:	The red sheep tick, Haemaphysalis punctata (Ixodida: Ixodidae), has been reported as present in the U.K. for more than a century; however, very little has been written about its distribution. In recent years, numbers of detections of this tick species reported to the Public Health England (PHE) Tick Surveillance Scheme have increased. This rise in the number of records may be attributable to increased tick surveillance activities or to the increased distribution of this species of tick in parts of England. This paper reviews published reports of H. punctata and all data held by the Biological Records Centre and PHE, and summarizes a number of field studies conducted by PHE and the Animal and Plant Health Agency over the past 8 years. It would appear from the evidence presented here that H. punctata may be expanding its range across the eastern part of the South Downs National Park, where there have also been reports of this tick species biting humans. It is possible that the movement of sheep between grassland sites is facilitating this spread. Further studies that better elucidate the ecology of this tick and its possible role as a vector of human and veterinary diseases are now warranted.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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