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First report of the tick Hyalomma scupense (natural vector of bovine tropical theileriosis) on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.
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Veterinary parasitology [Vet Parasitol] 2016 Jan 30; Vol. 216, pp. 33-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 02. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Hyalomma scupense (Acari, Ixodidae) is a common tick species found in several areas in North Africa, Asia and South Europe and an efficient natural vector of bovine tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata), a livestock disease with an important economic impact. For one year, 1938 ticks were collected on cattle in several Corsican slaughterhouses; 168 of them were morphologically identified as H. scupense. This result was confirmed by genetic identification using sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) genes. The presence of 2 different stages (adults and nymphs), collected in various areas of the island, indicates that a population of H. scupense is established in Corsica. However, bovine tropical theileriosis has not been diagnosed on the island so far.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Arachnid Vectors genetics
Arachnid Vectors parasitology
Cattle
Cattle Diseases epidemiology
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics
Electron Transport Complex IV genetics
Female
France epidemiology
Ixodidae genetics
Ixodidae parasitology
Male
Nymph classification
Nymph genetics
Seasons
Theileriasis epidemiology
Tick Infestations epidemiology
Tick Infestations parasitology
Arachnid Vectors classification
Cattle Diseases parasitology
Cattle Diseases transmission
Ixodidae classification
Theileriasis transmission
Tick Infestations veterinary
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2550
- Volume :
- 216
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary parasitology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26801592
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.11.015