Ticks associated with wild animals in the Nhecolândia Pantanal, Brazil

dc.contributor.authorBechara, G. H. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, M. P J [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, J. M B [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMatushima, E. R. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCampos Pereira, M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRechav, Y. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorKeirans, J. E. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFielden, L. J. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionCenter for Diseases Control and Prevention
dc.contributor.institutionGeorgia Southern University
dc.contributor.institutionBerry College
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:19:59Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2000-12-01
dc.description.abstractA study of ticks associated with wild animals was carried out from September 1996 to April 1998 at the Fazenda Alegria (21,000 ha), in the Nhecolândia Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, a sunken plain bordering the upper Paraguay river, located 19 × 08′S; 56 × 46′W. A total of 81 wild animals (13 species, 6 orders) were captured with the aid of nets, and ticks were found on 63 (78%). Tick species identified included Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), Amblyomma cajennense (F.), A. parvum (Aragão), A. pseudo-concolor (Aragão), A. scalpturatum (Neumann), A. nodosum (Neumann), A. ovale (Koch), and A. tigrinum (Koch). Dragging from grasslands (campos) yielded negative results compared to the high concentration of ticks, mainly nymphs, that were collected from leaves in the forests (capão). Predominance of immature instars (Amblyomma genera) was observed in the end of winter (August-September). Ticks were associated mainly with coatis, deer (Mazama gouazoubira) and anteater, and these animals may play a role in the epidemiology of tick-transmitted pathogens in the Pantanal if one considers their coexistence with local domestic animals.en
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, 14.870-Jaboticabal
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Universidade de São Paulo-USP
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Ciências Biomédicas Universidade de São Paulo-USP
dc.description.affiliationCenter for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
dc.description.affiliationGeorgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
dc.description.affiliationBerry College, Mount Berry, GA
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, 14.870-Jaboticabal
dc.format.extent289-297
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05303.x
dc.identifier.citationAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 916, p. 289-297.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05303.x
dc.identifier.issn0077-8923
dc.identifier.lattes2382374201685423
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0034531417
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/66350
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000171939300037
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofjcr4.277
dc.relation.ispartofsjr2,108
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectanimal disease
dc.subjectanteater
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectconference paper
dc.subjectdeer
dc.subjectdisease transmission
dc.subjectinfestation
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectparasite identification
dc.subjecttick
dc.subjectwildlife
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectAnimals, Wild
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectIxodes
dc.subjectPoaceae
dc.subjectTick Infestations
dc.subjectTicks
dc.subjectTrees
dc.subjectTropical Climate
dc.subjectAcari
dc.subjectAmblyomma cajennense
dc.subjectAmblyomma nodosum
dc.subjectAmblyomma ovale
dc.subjectAmblyomma tigrinum
dc.subjectAnimalia
dc.subjectArachnida
dc.subjectBoophilus microplus
dc.subjectCaesalpinia ciliata
dc.subjectCervidae
dc.subjectHexapoda
dc.subjectMazama
dc.subjectMazama gouazoubira
dc.subjectMyrmecophagidae
dc.subjectNasua
dc.titleTicks associated with wild animals in the Nhecolândia Pantanal, Brazilen
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unesp.author.lattes2382374201685423
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt

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