Ixodidae fauna of small rodents and marsupials in the Pedra Branca State Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Autor: Heloiza Helena de Oliveira, Igor Pastor de Freitas Quinelato, Valmir Gomes, Marinete Amorim, Gilberto Salles Gazêta, Nicolau Maués Serra Freire, Valério Francisco Morelli Amaral, Adilson Benedito da Silva, Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Acácio Geraldo de Carvalho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 137-143 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0100-2430
2527-2179
Popis: ABSTRACT. de Oliveira H.H., Quinelato I.P. de F., Gomes V., Amorim M., Gazêta G.S., Serra-Freire N.M., Morelli-Amaral V., da Silva A.B., de Carvalho R.W. & de Carvalho A.G. [Ixodidae fauna of small rodents and marsupials in the Pedra Branca State Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.] Ixodofauna em roedores e marsupiais capturados no Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 36(2):137-143, 2014. Laboratório de Referência Nacional para Vetores das Riquetsioses, Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360, Brasil nmsf@ioc.fiocruz.br During 24 months, 96 marsupials and 64 rodents were captured, inspected and cleared in the same space of the Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Them, manually 105 ticks were collected from 10 species in two families. The dominant tick species among rodents was Amblyomma longirostre and among the marsupials was Ixodes loricatus. There was a significant correlation between temperature and tick infestations by demonstrating that higher temperature, greater is the number of ticks.
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