Naslov
Diversity and ecology of Ticks (Acari:Ixodidae) infesting wild boar in different bio-geographical regions of Croatia

Autori
Dumić, Tomislav ; Pintur, Krunoslav ; Šlat, Damir ; Beck, Relja ; Ozimec, Siniša ; Florijančić, Tihomir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
1st International Symposium on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture, Book of Abstracts / Ivanova, Dafinka ; Shishkova, Mariyana - Plovdiv : Academic Publishing House of the Agricultural University Plovdiv, 2019, 58-58

ISBN
978-954-517-286-1

Skup
1st International Symposium on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture

Mjesto i datum
Plovdiv, Bugarska, 14.11.2019. - 15.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
tick ; wild boar ; habitat ; Croatia

Sažetak
Ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) are haematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domesticate mammals, birds and reptiles. They are an important vector of many zoonotic pathogens of viral and bacterial origin that also affects human health. Climate change is having impact on seasonality in life cycle and shift in the climatic niche related to latitudinal and altitudinal range in Europe. Wild Boar (Sus scrofa L.) as a game animal with wide range in Croatia can host populations of ticks. Sampling of ticks were done on hunted wild boars in four hunting grounds, located in two different biogeographical regions of Croatia: Spačva, Nova Gradiška and Voćin (Pannonian region), and Slunj (Alpine/Dinaric region). A total of 118 specimens was collected on 18 infested wild boars. The most abundant species was Dermacentor reticulatus (90.68%), followed by Ixodes ricinus (6.78%) and Ixodes hexagonus (2.54%). The largest number of ticks was in adult stage (96.61%), and 3.39% in the nymphal stage. An average infestation rate was 7 ticks per individual, and the highest value, 11 ticks, was recorded from the Spačva hunting ground. Dermacentor reticulatus was not present in Slunj hunting ground, but it was dominant (95.54%) in the lowland hunting ground in Spačva

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija), Šumarstvo

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