Carrapatos em aves selvagens no Zoológico de Sorocaba - São Paulo, Brasil Ticks em wild fowls at Sorocaba - São Paulo State, Brazil

Abstract

Eight wild fowls kept in captivity at a Brazilian Zoo were examined from july 1994 to October 2000. One hundred twenty-three Ixodidae specimens were collected and sent to the Ixodides Laboratory at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were examined by stereomicroscopy and were identified as Amblyomma longirostre (53), A. pacae (50), A. cajennense (14), and A. parvum (6).

Keywords

• Ixodidae
• wild birds hosts
• fowls
• ticks