LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Wildlife species, Ixodid fauna and new host records for ticks in an Amazon forest area, Rondônia, Brazil

Zimmermann, Namor Pinheiro; Aguirre, André de Abreu Rangel; Rodrigues, Vinicius da Silva; Garcia, Marcos Valério; Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes; Blecha, Isabella Maiumi Zaidan; Duarte, Pamella Oliveira; Cruz, Breno Cayeiro; Cunha, Rodrigo Casquero; Martins, Thiago Fernandes; Andreotti, Renato.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 27 (2), 2018

Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the diversity of ticks associated with free-living animals and to investigate new host records for ticks. Ticks were collected from animals rescued during the flood of the Jamari River in the municipality of Ariquemes, state of Rondônia, North Region ...

Animales Salvajes/parasitología, Brasil, Bosques, Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos, Ixodidae/fisiología

Fulltext

Biological parameters of Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1906 (Acari: Ixodidae) under experimental conditions

Abstract One generation of Amblyomma coelebs life cycle under experimental conditions was evaluated. Ten tick pairs were allowed to feed on rabbits under laboratory conditions (LC), resulting six engorged females with a mean weight of 1,403.9 mg. Two females were maintained in a forest reserve under natu...