Ixodidae fauna of small rodents and marsupials in the Pedra Branca State Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Heloiza Helena de Oliveira, Igor Pastor de Freitas Quinelato, Valmir Gomes, Marinete Amorim, Gilberto Salles Gazêta, Nicolau Maués Serra Freire, Valério Francisco Morelli Amaral, Adilson Benedito da Silva, Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Acácio Geraldo de Carvalho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade de Medicina Veterinária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2014-06-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Online Access: http://rbmv.org/index.php/BJVM/article/view/504

ABSTRACT. de Oliveira H.H., Quinelato I.P. de F., Gomes V., Amorim M., Gazêta G.S., Serra-Freire N.M., Morelli-Amaral V., da Silva A.B., de Carvalho R.W. & de Carvalho A.G. [Ixodidae fauna of small rodents and marsupials in the Pedra Branca State Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.] Ixodofauna em roedores e marsupiais capturados no Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 36(2):137-143, 2014. Laboratório de Referência Nacional para Vetores das Riquetsioses, Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360, Brasil [e-mail] During 24 months, 96 marsupials and 64 rodents were captured, inspected and cleared in the same space of the Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Them, manually 105 ticks were collected from 10 species in two families. The dominant tick species among rodents was Amblyomma longirostre and among the marsupials was Ixodes loricatus. There was a significant correlation between temperature and tick infestations by demonstrating that higher temperature, greater is the number of ticks.