Horak I G, Braack L E, Fourie L J, Walker J B
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2000 Dec;67(4):239-50.
Ixodid ticks were collected from 104 wild carnivores belonging to 23 species in various nature reserves and on several farms in all nine provinces of South Africa. Seven feral cats in a nature reserve were also examined. Twenty-four tick species belonging to seven genera were recovered and identified. Amongst these ticks we consider the adults of Haemaphysalis leachi, Haemaphysalis spinulosa, Haemaphysalis zumpti, Ixodes rubicundus, Rhipicentor nuttalli, Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus turanicus to be true parasites of wild carnivores. Although numerous adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis were collected from some lions these were either sick or old animals. The immature stages of seven species regularly utilized wild carnivores as hosts on an opportunistic basis.
在南非九个省的多个自然保护区和一些农场中，从属于23个物种的104只野生食肉动物身上采集了硬蜱。还检查了一个自然保护区中的7只野猫。共采集并鉴定出属于7个属的24种蜱。在这些蜱中，我们认为李氏血蜱、刺血蜱、祖氏血蜱、红硬蜱、纳氏扇头蜱、牛蜱和图兰扇头蜱的成虫是野生食肉动物的真正寄生虫。尽管从一些狮子身上采集到了大量的成年非洲扇头蜱和赞比西河扇头蜱，但这些狮子要么生病，要么年老。有7个物种的未成熟阶段经常机会性地将野生食肉动物作为宿主。
