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Biological parameters of Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1906 (Acari: Ixodidae) unde...
Aguirre,André de Abreu Rangel; Rodrigues,Vinicius da Silva; Costa,Ivaneide Nunes da; Garcia,Marcos Valerio; Higa,Leandro de Oliveira SouzaAbstract One generation of Amblyomma coelebs life cycle under experimental conditions was evaluated. Ten tick pairs were allowed to feed on rabbits under laboratory conditions (LC), resulting six engorged females with a mean weight of 1,403.9 mg. Two females were maintained in a forest reserve under natural conditions (NC), and four were maintained in incubators (LC). The engorgement period lasted 10.33 days. P...
Wildlife species, Ixodid fauna and new host records for ticks in an Amazon fore...
Zimmermann,Namor Pinheiro; Aguirre,André de Abreu Rangel; Rodrigues,Vinicius da Silva; Garcia,Marcos Valério; Medeiros,Jansen FernandesAbstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the diversity of ticks associated with free-living animals and to investigate new host records for ticks. Ticks were collected from animals rescued during the flood of the Jamari River in the municipality of Ariquemes, state of Rondônia, North Region of Brazil. A total of 39 animals were captured, out of which 10 were amphibians, 19 were reptiles and 10 were m...