This paper describes the identification of ticks from wild animals of the Pantanal region in Brazil as part of a comprehensive study about established and emerging tick-host relationships and related pathological aspects. Eighty-one animals were captured (representing 13 species, six orders), and ticks were found on 63 (78%). Tick species identified included Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), Amblyomma cajennense (F.), Amblyomma parvum Aragão, Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão, Amblyomma scalpturatum Neumann, Amblyomma nodosum Neumann, Amblyomma ovale Koch, and Amblyomma tigrinum Koch. Dragging from grasslands yielded negative results compared with the high concentration of ticks that were collected from leaves in the forests.
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1 November 2000
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Wild Animals in the Pantanal Region of Brazil
Marcelo De Campos Pereira,
Matias Pablo Juan SzabÓ,
Gervasio Henrique Bechara,
Eliana Reiko Matushima,
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte,
Yigal Rechav,
Laura Fielden,
James E. Keirans
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 37 • No. 6
November 2000
Vol. 37 • No. 6
November 2000
Pantanal region
ticks
wild animals