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Otodectes cynotis (Sarcoptiformes: Psoroptidae): New Records on Wild Carnivores in Brazil With a Case Report

Author(s): Huang-Bastos, Matheus ; Bassini-Silva, Ricardo ; Rolim, Luna Scarpari [UNESP] ; OConnor, Barry ; Ochoa, Ronald ; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes [UNESP] ; Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro

Date: 2020

Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/200717

Origin: Oasisbr

Subject(s): carnivores; ear mites; neotropical region; carnivores; carnivores; ear mites; ear mites; neotropical region; neotropical region


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The genus Otodectes Canestrini 1894, comprises an unique species, Otodectes cynotis (Hering, 1838), that is responsible for the 'ear mange' in terrestrial carnivores worldwide. Here we report its occurrence in four Brazilian host species from the southeastern region, based on records from Carnivora in the Acari Collection of the Butantan Institute, São Paulo state (IBSP). We also register a case report of a crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous L. 1758 found parasitized by this mite species.

Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas Instituto Butantan

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia - FMVZ Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Centro de Medicina e Pesquisa de Animais Selvagens Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' - UNESP

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Museum of Zoology University of Michigan MI

Systematic Entomology Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service MD

Departamento de Patologia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - FCAV Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' - UNESP

Centro de Medicina e Pesquisa de Animais Selvagens Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' - UNESP

Departamento de Patologia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - FCAV Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' - UNESP

Document Type Journal article
Language English
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