Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina

The effect of deforestation and the introduction of exotic grasses on the population dynamics of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in northern Argentina was analysed. Biological parameters that were measured included proportion of females ovipositing, pre-oviposition period, incubation period of e...

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Main Authors: Nava, Santiago, Mastropaolo, Mariano, Guglielmone, Alberto, Mangold, Atilio Jose
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Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034528813003135
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2261
http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/1028
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.09.013
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author Nava, Santiago
Mastropaolo, Mariano
Guglielmone, Alberto
Mangold, Atilio Jose
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description The effect of deforestation and the introduction of exotic grasses on the population dynamics of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in northern Argentina was analysed. Biological parameters that were measured included proportion of females ovipositing, pre-oviposition period, incubation period of eggs, proportion of egg clusters hatching, larval longevity and total non-parasitic period. No significant differences were observed in proportion of females ovipositing and in pre-oviposition period between forested and grassland areas. Regarding the other parameters, in the majority of the temporal series there were no significant differences. In the cases where differences with statistical significance were detected, they were not unidirectional. The replacement of native forest by grasses can potentially increase tick abundance not by the modification of microclimatic conditions, but by increasing the tick-host encounter rate due to a higher cattle density. The hypothesis that deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses affects the non-parasitic phase of R. microplus in northern Argentina was not supported.
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spelling INTA22612018-06-21T13:33:12Z Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina Nava, Santiago Mastropaolo, Mariano Guglielmone, Alberto Mangold, Atilio Jose Rhipicephalus Deforestación Gramineas Alimentación de los Animales Ganado Deforestation Grasses Animal Feeding Livestock Garrapatas Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Microplus Argentina The effect of deforestation and the introduction of exotic grasses on the population dynamics of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in northern Argentina was analysed. Biological parameters that were measured included proportion of females ovipositing, pre-oviposition period, incubation period of eggs, proportion of egg clusters hatching, larval longevity and total non-parasitic period. No significant differences were observed in proportion of females ovipositing and in pre-oviposition period between forested and grassland areas. Regarding the other parameters, in the majority of the temporal series there were no significant differences. In the cases where differences with statistical significance were detected, they were not unidirectional. The replacement of native forest by grasses can potentially increase tick abundance not by the modification of microclimatic conditions, but by increasing the tick-host encounter rate due to a higher cattle density. The hypothesis that deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses affects the non-parasitic phase of R. microplus in northern Argentina was not supported. EEA Rafaela Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Mastropaolo, Mariano. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias; Argentina. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Institute for Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology; Alemania Fil: Guglielmone, Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-04-17T12:55:20Z 2018-04-17T12:55:20Z 2013-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034528813003135 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2261 http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/1028 0034-5288 1532-2661 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.09.013 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Argentina (nation) Research in veterinary science 95 (3) : 1046-1054. (December 2013)
spellingShingle Rhipicephalus
Deforestación
Gramineas
Alimentación de los Animales
Ganado
Deforestation
Grasses
Animal Feeding
Livestock
Garrapatas
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Microplus
Argentina
Nava, Santiago
Mastropaolo, Mariano
Guglielmone, Alberto
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title_full Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title_fullStr Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title_short Effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in northern Argentina
title_sort effect of deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses as livestock forage on the population dynamics of the cattle tick rhipicephalus boophilus microplus acari ixodidae in northern argentina
topic Rhipicephalus
Deforestación
Gramineas
Alimentación de los Animales
Ganado
Deforestation
Grasses
Animal Feeding
Livestock
Garrapatas
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Microplus
Argentina
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034528813003135
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2261
http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/1028
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.09.013
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