Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIV. Fleas (Insecta : Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) collected from 15 carnivore species | Zendy

Ivan G. Horak | Zendy; Jean-Claude Beaucournu | Zendy; Leo Braack | Zendy

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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIV. Fleas (Insecta : Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) collected from 15 carnivore species

Author(s) -

Ivan G. Horak,

Jean-Claude Beaucournu,

Leo Braack

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

onderstepoort journal of veterinary research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2219-0635

pISSN - 0030-2465

DOI - 10.4102/ojvr.v71i1.281

Subject(s) - felis , carnivore , flea , ctenocephalides , biology , subspecies , veterinary medicine , zoology , predation , ecology , cats , medicine , computer science , embedded system

Fleas were collected from 61 wild carnivores belonging to 13 species in various nature reserves and on farms, two feral domestic cats in a nature reserve and a domestic dog in the city of Johannesburg. Eleven flea species, including two subspecies of one of these, belonging to six genera were recovered. Amongst these only Ctenocephalides felis felis and Ctenocephalides felis strongylus are considered specific parasites of carnivores. The remaining ten species normally infest the prey animals of the various carnivores.

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