Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina

The aim of this study was to report tick infestations on wild birds from four Phytogeographic Provinces of Argentina. A total of 1085 birds was captured (124 species, 97 genera, 29 families and 13 orders), and ticks were collected from 265 birds (48 species, 40 genera and five orders). A total of 14...

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Main Authors: Flores, Fernando Sebastián, Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia, Tarragona, Evelina Luisa, Sebastian, Patrick, Copa, Griselda Noemi, Guardia, Leonor, Mangold, Atilio Jose, Venzal, José Manuel, Nava, Santiago
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14109
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X23000171
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102135
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author Flores, Fernando Sebastián
Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia
Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
Sebastian, Patrick
Copa, Griselda Noemi
Guardia, Leonor
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Venzal, José Manuel
Nava, Santiago
author_browse Copa, Griselda Noemi
Flores, Fernando Sebastián
Guardia, Leonor
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Nava, Santiago
Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia
Sebastian, Patrick
Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
Venzal, José Manuel
author_facet Flores, Fernando Sebastián
Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia
Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
Sebastian, Patrick
Copa, Griselda Noemi
Guardia, Leonor
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Venzal, José Manuel
Nava, Santiago
author_sort Flores, Fernando Sebastián
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description The aim of this study was to report tick infestations on wild birds from four Phytogeographic Provinces of Argentina. A total of 1085 birds was captured (124 species, 97 genera, 29 families and 13 orders), and ticks were collected from 265 birds (48 species, 40 genera and five orders). A total of 1469 ticks (1102 larvae, 363 nymphs and 4 females) belonging to 15 tick species (Amblyomma calcaratum, Amblyomma dubitatum, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma parvum, Amblyomma sculptum, Amblyomma tigrinum, Amblyomma triste, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Ixodes auritulus sensu lato, Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes silvanus, Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis and Ornithodoros sp. cf. O. mimon). Eighty-one new associations between bird species and stages of tick species are detected. The families Thamnophilidae, Turdidae, Thraupidae, Passerellidae, Furnariidae and Troglodytidae were the most prevalent. According to the Phytogeographic Provinces involved in this study, the prevalence of infection for each of them in birds was: (1) Chaco: 28.2% (11 tick species); (2) Yungas: 22.0% (8 tick species); (3) Espinal: 11.1% (2 tick species); and (4) Pampa: 3.9% (1 tick species). This study provided information on the diversity of tick species that parasitize wild birds, the variability of the specific tick-bird associations between the different Phytogeographic Provinces and the relevance of some families of birds as hosts of different tick species.
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spelling INTA141092025-05-05T12:24:15Z Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina Flores, Fernando Sebastián Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Sebastian, Patrick Copa, Griselda Noemi Guardia, Leonor Mangold, Atilio Jose Venzal, José Manuel Nava, Santiago Metastigmata Birds Ixodidae Argasidae Phytogeographic Regions Pájaros Regiones Fitogeográficas Argentina Ticks Garrapatas The aim of this study was to report tick infestations on wild birds from four Phytogeographic Provinces of Argentina. A total of 1085 birds was captured (124 species, 97 genera, 29 families and 13 orders), and ticks were collected from 265 birds (48 species, 40 genera and five orders). A total of 1469 ticks (1102 larvae, 363 nymphs and 4 females) belonging to 15 tick species (Amblyomma calcaratum, Amblyomma dubitatum, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma parvum, Amblyomma sculptum, Amblyomma tigrinum, Amblyomma triste, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Ixodes auritulus sensu lato, Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes silvanus, Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis and Ornithodoros sp. cf. O. mimon). Eighty-one new associations between bird species and stages of tick species are detected. The families Thamnophilidae, Turdidae, Thraupidae, Passerellidae, Furnariidae and Troglodytidae were the most prevalent. According to the Phytogeographic Provinces involved in this study, the prevalence of infection for each of them in birds was: (1) Chaco: 28.2% (11 tick species); (2) Yungas: 22.0% (8 tick species); (3) Espinal: 11.1% (2 tick species); and (4) Pampa: 3.9% (1 tick species). This study provided information on the diversity of tick species that parasitize wild birds, the variability of the specific tick-bird associations between the different Phytogeographic Provinces and the relevance of some families of birds as hosts of different tick species. EEA Rafaela Fil: Flores, Fernando S. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Flores, Fernando S. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT); Argentina Fil: Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Tarragona, Evelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Tarragona, Evelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Sebastian, Patrick. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Sebastian, Patrick. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Copa, Griselda N. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Cátedra de Química Biológica; Argentina Fil: Guardia, Leonor. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Entomología; Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Venzal, José Manuel. Universidad de la República. CENUR Litoral Norte. Facultad de Veterinaria. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; Uruguay Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Nava, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina 2023-03-01T10:45:36Z 2023-03-01T10:45:36Z 2023-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14109 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X23000171 1877-959X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102135 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E5-I109-001/2019-PE-E5-I109-001/AR./Convocatoria: Estudios para el control de enfermedades subtropicales y/o transmitidas por vectores (Tristeza Bovina, Garrapatas, Miasis, Tripanosomiasis, Lengua Azul y la info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 14 (3) : 102135 (May 2023)
spellingShingle Metastigmata
Birds
Ixodidae
Argasidae
Phytogeographic Regions
Pájaros
Regiones Fitogeográficas
Argentina
Ticks
Garrapatas
Flores, Fernando Sebastián
Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia
Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
Sebastian, Patrick
Copa, Griselda Noemi
Guardia, Leonor
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Venzal, José Manuel
Nava, Santiago
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title_full Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title_fullStr Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title_short Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina
title_sort ticks acari ixodidae argasidae associated with wild birds in argentina
topic Metastigmata
Birds
Ixodidae
Argasidae
Phytogeographic Regions
Pájaros
Regiones Fitogeográficas
Argentina
Ticks
Garrapatas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14109
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X23000171
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102135
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