Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XIX. Ixodid ticks and fleas on rock dassies (Procavia capensis) in the Mountain Zebra National Park
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Fourie, L.J.
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Abstract
Five or 6 rock dassies (Procavia capensis) were shot at monthly intervals for 13 consecutive months in the Mountain Zebra National Park and processed for arthropod parasite recovery. Ten species of ixodid ticks and 2 flea species were recovered. The seasonal prevalence of the rock dassie ticks, Haemaphysalis hyracophila and
Rhipicephalus distinctus, and of the immature stages of Rhipicephalus arnoldi, a tick that usually infests the red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris), was determined. Only 10 of the approximately 10 000 ticks recovered from the rock dassies belonged to species that may infest domestic livestock.
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Veterinary medicine
Sustainable Development Goals
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Horak, IG & Fourie, LJ 1986, 'Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XIX. Ixodid ticks and fleas on rock dassies ( Procavia capensis) in the Mountain Zebra National Park’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 123-126.