GEOGRAPHIC OCCURRENCE OF IXODES-SCAPULARIS AND AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM (ACARI, IXODIDAE) INFESTING WHITE-TAILED DEER IN NORTH-CAROLINA

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作者
APPERSON, CS [1 ]
LEVINE, JF [1 ]
NICHOLSON, WL [1 ]
机构
[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT MICROBIOL PATHOL & PARASITOL,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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10.7589/0090-3558-26.4.550
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S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 [兽医学];
摘要
A state-wide survey to determine the occurrence and comparative numbers of ticks infecting white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was conducted in North Carolina (USA). One thousand six hundred twenty nine deer were examined in 60 of 100 counties; with the exception of one county in the piedmont region, all tick-infested deer occurred in the coastal plain. Ixodes scapularis (46%) and Amblyomma americanum (53%) were the most prevalent species encountered and accounted for more than 98% of the 4,286 ticks collected. Some specimens of Dermacentor albipictus and Amblyomma maculatum also were collected.
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