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New records of fleas and ticks (Siphonaptera and Ixodida) parasitizing wild mammals in Mossoró Municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil
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Journal Article
New records of fleas and ticks (Siphonaptera and Ixodida) parasitizing wild mammals in Mossoró Municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil
2025
Overview
The Caatinga is a Brazilian biome with limited studies on its wild mammal fauna, including the ectoparasitic relationships in these animals. This study aims to report the findings of fleas and ticks infesting wild animals rescued in the municipality of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte State (RN), Brazil, and treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (HOVET-UFERSA). During the clinical assessments and physical examinations of the host animals (one male
Cerdocyon thous
L.; two females of
Tamandua tetradactyla
L.; one male
Leopardus tigrinus
Schreber; and one male
Conepatus semistriatus
Boddaert), fleas and ticks were collected. These ectoparasites were removed mechanically and sent to the Animal Parasitology Laboratory at UFERSA for identification. Identification was carried out based on morphology, with the aid of specific literature, stereomicroscopy, and light optical microscopy. From
C. thous
, two males of
Amblyomma parvum
Aragão and four female
Pulex irritans
(L.) fleas were recovered. From the adult female
T. tetradactyla
, one male of
Rhipicephalus linnaei
(Audouin), eight nymphs, and two males of
Amblyomma auricularium
(Conil) were collected. From the juvenile female
T. tetradactyla
, three nymphs of
A. parvum
and six female fleas of the species
Tunga penetrans
(L.) were recovered. From the male
L. tigrinus
, five females and one male flea of the species
Ctenocephalides felis
(Bouche) were collected. Finally, from the male
C. semistriatus
, two nymphs, 19 males, and six females of
A. auricularium
were recovered. This study contributes to expanding the knowledge of host-parasite relationships in free-living mammals in the Caatinga biome, in western Rio Grande do Norte.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Animals
/ Animals, Wild - parasitology
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Brazil
/ caatinga
/ fauna
/ Female
/ Females
/ Flea Infestations - epidemiology
/ Flea Infestations - parasitology
/ Flea Infestations - veterinary
/ Male
/ Males
/ mammals
/ Nymphs
/ Siphonaptera - classification
/ species
/ Tamandua
/ Tick Infestations - epidemiology
/ Tick Infestations - parasitology
/ Tick Infestations - veterinary
/ Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
/ Zoology
