Ixodid ticks and lice infesting red duikers and bushpigs in north-eastern Natal.
Eighteen red duikers, Cephalophus natalensis, from the Charters Creek Nature Reserve and 2 from Fanies Island Nature Reserve were processed for arthropod parasite recovery. They harboured 8 species of ixodid ticks and 2 lice species. All were infested with Haemaphysalis parmata and the nymphs of Rhipicephalus muehlensi. Two bushpigs, Potamochoerus porcus, from the Ndumu Nature Reserve, 5 from the Eastern Shores Nature Reserve and 1 from Cape Vidal were examined for ectoparasites. They were infested with 8 ixodid tick species, of which Rhipicephalus maculatus was the most abundant, and with 1 louse species.
Horak
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Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.
Boomker
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Flamand
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JR
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D000866:Antelopes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000662:veterinary; D008003:Phthiraptera; D013019:South Africa; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000662:veterinary; D013987:Ticks