Zygner Wojciech, Wedrychowicz Halina
Division of Parasitology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw Agricultural University, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2006;13(2):355-9.
Ticks are known as a vector of many viral, bacterial, rickettsial and protozoan infections of dogs. The threat with particular tick-transmitted disease depends very much on the tick species which feeds on the dog. In this paper we present results of research designed to identify tick species which attack dogs in the Warsaw area. Ticks were collected from dogs presented for medical examination in veterinary clinics in different parts of Warsaw. All of 590 tick specimens found on dogs belonged to the family Ixodidae (hard ticks). The majority (64.6 %) of the collected ticks were identified as Dermacentor reticulatus--vector of Babesia canis. The other tick species found on examined dogs was Ixodes ricinus. The male to female ratio was more than 3 times higher in D. reticulatus than in I. ricinus.
蜱虫是犬类多种病毒、细菌、立克次氏体和原生动物感染的传播媒介。特定蜱传疾病的威胁很大程度上取决于叮咬犬类的蜱虫种类。在本文中，我们展示了旨在识别华沙地区攻击犬类的蜱虫种类的研究结果。蜱虫是从华沙不同地区兽医诊所接受医学检查的犬类身上采集的。在犬类身上发现的590个蜱虫标本均属于硬蜱科（硬蜱）。所采集的蜱虫中，大多数（64.6%）被鉴定为篦子硬蜱——犬巴贝斯虫的传播媒介。在接受检查的犬类身上发现的另一种蜱虫种类是蓖麻硬蜱。篦子硬蜱的雄雌比例比蓖麻硬蜱高出3倍多。
