Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild animals from the Porto-Primavera Hydroelectric power station area, Brazil.
From June 2000 to June 2001, a total of 741 ticks were collected from 51 free-living wild animals captured at the Porto-Primavera Hydroelectric power station area, located alongside an approximately 180 km course of the Paran  river, between the states of S o Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, comprising 9 species of 3 genera: Ambly-omma (7 species), Boophilus (1) and Anocentor (1). A total of 421 immature Amblyomma ticks were reared in laboratory until the adult stage, allowing identification of the species. A. cajennense was the most frequent tick species (mostly immature stages) collected on 9 host species: Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Tamandua tetradactyla,Cerdocyon thous, Puma concolor,Tayassu tajacu, Mazama gouazoubira,Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris,Alouatta caraya, Cebus apella. Other tick species were less common, generally restricted to certain host taxa.
Labruna
Marcelo B
MB
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brasil. labruna@usp.br
de Paula
Cátia D
CD
Lima
Thiago F
TF
Sana
Dênis A
DA
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D011210:Power Plants; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*