Species and prevalence of ticks infestations on stray dogs in Porto Alegre city, RS, Brazil

Ciência Rural

Weber, Maria Angélica¹  Ribeiro, Vera Lúcia Sardá²  Fetzer, Liane Oliveira¹  Vargas, Carla Rosane Bacêdo de¹ 

[1] Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

关键词: ticks species;    prevalence;    stray dogs;    Porto Alegre;    Rio Grande do Sul;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84781997000200019

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria * Centro de Ciencias Rurais

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was to identify and to know the prevalence of ticks recovered from dogs of urban area of Porto Alegre, RS. Four hundred and fifty stray dogs were examined and the ticks found were identified according to the species and parasitic stage. A percentage of 52.44% of those dogs were infested with ticks, among these, 93.22% were parasitized by Rhipicephalus sanguineus, 2.97% by Amblyomma aureolatum and 3.81% by both species. R. sanguineus was the more prevalent species among infested animals representing 99.43% of the total number of ticks sampled. All parasitic stages of R. sanguineus were present on the stray dogs but only the adult stage of A. aureolatum was found.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC