A survey of 124 dogs for ticks was conducted from August to November 1998 in 68 small farms of Uruará municipality in Eastern Amazon-Brazil. We collected 55 ticks from 18 dogs (14.5%). Amblyomma oblongoguttatum Koch, Amblyomma ovale Koch, and Amblyomma cajennense (F.) were found on nine, six, and one dog, respectively. Fourteen small farms (20.5%) had at least one dog with ticks.
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1 September 2000
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Rural Dogs in Uruará, Eastern Amazon, Brazil
Marcelo Bahia Labruna,
Valéria Stacchini Ferreira Homem,
Marcos Bryan Heinemann,
José Soares Ferreira Neto
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 37 • No. 5
September 2000
Vol. 37 • No. 5
September 2000
Amblyomma cajennense
Amblyomma oblongoguttatum
Amblyomma ovale
Brazil
dogs
ticks