A checklist of the tick of vultures, with the first record of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Indian vulture, Gyps indicus (Falconiformes: Accipitridae)

Abdul-Rahman Kazim; Van Lun Low; Vellayan Subramaniam; Jamal Houssaini; Dennis Tappe; Chong-Chin Heo

doi:10.11158/saa.28.5.12

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31 May 2023 A checklist of the tick of vultures, with the first record of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Indian vulture, Gyps indicus (Falconiformes: Accipitridae)

Abdul-Rahman Kazim, Van Lun Low, Vellayan Subramaniam, Jamal Houssaini, Dennis Tappe, Chong-Chin Heo

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 28(5):912-930 (2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.5.12

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We report the presence of multiple brown dog ticks (Rhicephalus linnaei) from the Indian vulture Gyps indicus. This paper constitutes the first report of this tick species from the vulture, and also the first documentation of ectoparasites from vultures in Malaysia. Additionally, we have conducted a literature review on ticks from vultures worldwide, resulting in 21 tick species consisted of six genera (Argas, Ornithodoros, Amblyomma, Hyalomma, Ixodes and Rhipicephalus) recorded from eight Old World vultures and two New World vultures. The lists of ticks infesting both vulture groups, along with pathogens detected from some of these ticks, are provided in this paper.

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Abdul-Rahman Kazim, Van Lun Low, Vellayan Subramaniam, Jamal Houssaini, Dennis Tappe, and Chong-Chin Heo "A checklist of the tick of vultures, with the first record of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Indian vulture, Gyps indicus (Falconiformes: Accipitridae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(5), 912-930, (31 May 2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.5.12

Received: 18 October 2023; Accepted: 5 May 2023; Published: 31 May 2023

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