Scientific Electronic Archives (Mar 2013)

Description of Amblyomma romitii in Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in São Francisco do Guapor, Rondônia

  • R. T. Kemper,
  • R. Almeida,
  • J. P. G. B. Sepp,
  • T. F. Martins,
  • M. B. Labruna,
  • A. C. Kanadani

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 36 – 38

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Abstract: The present work report the finding of the tick species Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli,1939, in S Francisco do Guaporcity, west of Rondia state, in the mesoregion Madeira-Guapor The specimen was found in a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) found dead on a farm in the region.Keywords: parasitism, Amblyomma, Rondônia, capybara

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