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- Title
Dominant Occurrence of Rhipicephalus Sanguineus on Dogs From Two Western Counties of Romania (Arad and Timiş).
- Authors
IMRE, Mirela; ILIE, Marius S.; DĂRĂBUş, Gheorghe; IMRE, Kàlmàn
- Abstract
The study was undertaken to provide data on the occurrence of ticks parasitizing dogs in two western counties of Romania, namely Arad and Timiş. A total of 869 specimens have been collected from 140 randomly selected dogs in a four year longitudinal period (2010-2014) and have been identified at species level. Overall, 45.1% were identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.), and 27.3%, 25.9%, 1,5% and 0.2% as Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus, Dermacentor marginatus and Haemaphysalis punctata, respectively. Regarding the dogs, 55.0% were infested with R. sanguineus sensu lato, 25.0% with I. ricinus, 14.3% with D. reticulatus, 4.3% with D. marginatus and 1.4% with H. punctata. The present survey highlighted the dominance of R. sanguineus sensu lato on dogs in the screened region, which may pose a risk in serving as reservoirs and disseminating important tick-borne pathogens like Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis, Rickettsia conorii or Hepatozoon canis.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; BROWN dog tick; BABESIA canis; RICKETTSIA conorii; IXODIDAE
- Publication
Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine, 2014, Vol 71, Issue 2, p501
- ISSN
1843-5270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:10394