Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges
The parasitism of Ixodes loricatus Neumann on white-eared opposum, Didelphis albiventris Lund, was analysed in the southern ranges of both. In central Argentina, 118 wild opossums were captured from 2005 to 2012. Adults of I. loricatus were collected (prevalence = 66.1%, mean = 7.03, median = 4), bu...
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| author | Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Mastropaolo, Mariano Zurvera, Daniel Beldomenico, Pablo Martín Guglielmone, Alberto |
| author_browse | Beldomenico, Pablo Martín Guglielmone, Alberto Mastropaolo, Mariano Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Zurvera, Daniel |
| author_facet | Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Mastropaolo, Mariano Zurvera, Daniel Beldomenico, Pablo Martín Guglielmone, Alberto |
| author_sort | Tarragona, Evelina Luisa |
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| description | The parasitism of Ixodes loricatus Neumann on white-eared opposum, Didelphis albiventris Lund, was analysed in the southern ranges of both. In central Argentina, 118 wild opossums were captured from 2005 to 2012. Adults of I. loricatus were collected (prevalence = 66.1%, mean = 7.03, median = 4), but no immature stage. Tick infestation was not affected by sex (p = 0.27) or age (p = 0.37) of hosts. In line with previous studies about seasonality of larvae and nymphs of I. loricatus, adult tick infestation showed no seasonal trend. This lack of seasonal pattern of infestation for all parasitic stages of I. loricatus may indicate a life cycle governed by nidicolous behaviour, in such a way that this habit would contribute to minimize the influence of external environmental variables. The tick sex ratio was female biased, with two females per one male (p = 0.002). The absence of I. loricatus immatures on D. albiventris suggests that in the study region there is clear segregation of immatures in rodents and adults in marsupials. |
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| spelling | INTA27022018-08-21T18:13:53Z Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Mastropaolo, Mariano Zurvera, Daniel Beldomenico, Pablo Martín Guglielmone, Alberto Didelphis Parásitos Ixodes Zarigüeya Relaciones Huésped Parásito Parasites Opossums Host Parasite Relations Didelphis albiventris Ixodes loricatus Garrapatas Argentina The parasitism of Ixodes loricatus Neumann on white-eared opposum, Didelphis albiventris Lund, was analysed in the southern ranges of both. In central Argentina, 118 wild opossums were captured from 2005 to 2012. Adults of I. loricatus were collected (prevalence = 66.1%, mean = 7.03, median = 4), but no immature stage. Tick infestation was not affected by sex (p = 0.27) or age (p = 0.37) of hosts. In line with previous studies about seasonality of larvae and nymphs of I. loricatus, adult tick infestation showed no seasonal trend. This lack of seasonal pattern of infestation for all parasitic stages of I. loricatus may indicate a life cycle governed by nidicolous behaviour, in such a way that this habit would contribute to minimize the influence of external environmental variables. The tick sex ratio was female biased, with two females per one male (p = 0.002). The absence of I. loricatus immatures on D. albiventris suggests that in the study region there is clear segregation of immatures in rodents and adults in marsupials. EEA Rafaela Fil: Tarragona, Evelina Luisa. 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 Fil: Zurvera, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - CONICET - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades; Argentina Fil: Beldomenico, Pablo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - CONICET - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades; Argentina Fil: Guglielmone, Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Regional Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-07-02T11:39:59Z 2018-07-02T11:39:59Z 2018-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10493-018-0248-9 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2702 0168-8162 1572-9702 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0248-9 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Experimental and Applied Acarology 75 (1) : 129–134 (May 2018) |
| spellingShingle | Didelphis Parásitos Ixodes Zarigüeya Relaciones Huésped Parásito Parasites Opossums Host Parasite Relations Didelphis albiventris Ixodes loricatus Garrapatas Argentina Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Mastropaolo, Mariano Zurvera, Daniel Beldomenico, Pablo Martín Guglielmone, Alberto Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title | Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title_full | Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title_fullStr | Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title_short | Host-parasite association between Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in their southern ranges |
| title_sort | host parasite association between didelphis albiventris didelphimorphia didelphidae and ixodes loricatus acari ixodidae in their southern ranges |
| topic | Didelphis Parásitos Ixodes Zarigüeya Relaciones Huésped Parásito Parasites Opossums Host Parasite Relations Didelphis albiventris Ixodes loricatus Garrapatas Argentina |
| url | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10493-018-0248-9 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2702 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0248-9 |
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