Prevalence of ectoparasitic arthropods on wild animals and cattle in the Las Merindades area (Burgos, Spain)

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Table I.

Ectoparasitic arthropods in wild and domestic animals’ prevalence.

		Ticks		Fleas		Lice⁺		Mites		Animals parasitised
Animals examined (N°)		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Domestic animals	Cow (35)	12	34							12	34
	Sheep (26)	7	27	15	58					20	77
	Horses (8)	1	13							1	13
	Total domestic animals (69)	20	29	15	22					33	48

Wild animals	Roe deer (12) (Capreolus capreolus)	7	58							7^{^**}	58
	Fox (18) (Vulpes vulpes)	15	83	13	72			6	33^{^S}	17	94
	Wolf (3) (Canis lupus)	3	100	2	67	1	33	2	67^S	3	100
	American mink (25) (Neovison vison)	10	40							10	40
	Badger (7) (Meles meles)	1	14	4	57	6	86			6	86
	Beech marten (4) (Martes foina)	2	50	3	75					4	100
	Pine marten (3) (Martes martes)	2	67	1	33					2	67
	Polecat (2) (Mustela putorius)	1	50	2	100			1	50^* ^M	2	100
	Stoat(2) (Mustela erminea)			2	100	1	50	1	50^* ^T	2	100
	Genet (1) (Genetta genetta)	1	100	1	100					1	100
	Wood mouse (26) (Apodemus sylvaticus)	11	42	2	8			5	19^* ^T	15	58
	Yellow-necked mouse (8) (Apodemus flavicollis)	1	12					3	37^{^*}^{^T}	4	50
	Bank vole (6) (Clethrionomys glareolus)	2	33	3	50			6	100^T	6	100
	Red squirrel (5) (Sciurus vulgaris)	1	20	2	40					3	60
	Water vole (3) (Arvicola terrestris)			1	33					1	33
	Iberian mole (3) (Talpa occidentalis)			3	100					3	100
	Total wild animals (128)	57	45	39	30	8	6	24	19	86	67

Total examined animals (197)		77	39	54	27	8	4	24	12	119	60

N°: number of animals examined; n: number parasitised in each category; %: prevalence, expressed as a percentage.

⁺

Mallophaga;

mites Trombiculidae;

mites Mesostigmata;

^**

on sample also with Hippobosca equina (Diptera);

sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in all specimens infested with mites;

Myobiidae.

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