Records of the Invasive Cattle Tick Rhipicephalus microplus on Wild Hosts and of a Neotropical Tick, Amblyomma dubitatum, on Invasive Alien Mammals, Southern Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2024 Oct 1;60(4):1033-1036. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-24-00047.

Abstract

Invasive species threaten wildlife. We detected invasive ticks on wildlife and indigenous ticks on invasive mammals in southern Brazil. The invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus was found on 12 native mammals and one invasive exotic (Axis axis). The Neotropical tick Amblyomma dubitatum was found on three invasive alien mammal species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amblyomma* / physiology
  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / parasitology
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Female
  • Introduced Species*
  • Mammals / parasitology
  • Rhipicephalus* / physiology
  • Tick Infestations* / epidemiology
  • Tick Infestations* / parasitology
  • Tick Infestations* / veterinary