BORRELIA SP IN TICKS RECOVERED FROM WHITE-TAILED DEER IN ALABAMA

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作者
LUCKHART, S
MULLEN, GR
DURDEN, LA
WRIGHT, JC
机构
[1] AUBURN UNIV,ALABAMA AGR EXPT STN,AUBURN,AL 36849
[2] AUBURN UNIV,COLL VET MED,DEPT PATHOBIOL,AUBURN,AL 36849
[3] AUBURN UNIV,DEPT ENTOMOL,AUBURN,AL 36849
关键词
TICKS; AMBLYOMMA-AMERICANUM; IXODES-SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; BORRELIA SP; WHITE-TAILED DEER; ODOCOILEUS-VIRGINIANUS; PREVALENCE; SURVEY;
D O I
10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.449
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
Six hundred sixty-five hunter-killed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from 18 counties in Alabama (USA) were examined for ticks. Most of the collections were made at state-operated wildlife management areas. Four species of ticks (n = 4,527) were recovered: the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum (n = 482); the Gulf Coast tick A. maculatum (n = 11); the winter tick Dermacentor albipictus (n = 1,242); and the black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis (n = 2,792). Fifty-six percent of the ticks (n = 2,555) were examined for Borrelia sp. spirochetes using an immunofluorescent, polyclonal antibody assay. Spirochetes were detected in I. scapularis (five females, seven males) from Barbour, Butler, Coosa, and Lee counties and A. americanum (four males, four nymphs) from Hale, Lee, and Wilcox counties. Area-specific prevalences in ticks were as high as 3.3% for I. scapularis and 3.8% for A. americanum.
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