圈养巨型食蚁兽（Myrmecophaga tridactyla）身上的跳蚤（Pulex simulans）感染情况。

Flea (Pulex simulans) infestation in captive giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).

作者信息

Mutlow Adrian G, Dryden Michael W, Payne Patricia A

机构信息

Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, 625 North Hedville Road, Salina, Kansas 67401, USA.

出版信息

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2006 Sep;37(3):427-9. doi: 10.1638/06-026.1.

DOI:10.1638/06-026.1

PMID:17319150

Abstract

A pair of captive adult giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) presented heavily infested with a flea species (Pulex simulans) commonly found on Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) and raccoons (Procyon lotor) in the central United States. In this case, the flea was demonstrated to have completed its entire life cycle with the anteaters as the host. A single treatment of topical imidacloprid, coupled with removal and replacement of infested bedding, was rapidly effective at controlling the infestation and no adverse effects of the drug were noted. Control of the anteater infestation also removed the flea infestation of aardvarks in the same building.

摘要

一对圈养的成年大食蚁兽（Myrmecophaga tridactyla）身上寄生了大量跳蚤（Pulex simulans），这种跳蚤在美国中部常见于弗吉尼亚负鼠（Didelphis virginiana）和浣熊（Procyon lotor）身上。在这个案例中，已证明这种跳蚤以大食蚁兽为宿主完成了其整个生命周期。单次局部使用吡虫啉治疗，再加上移除并更换受感染的垫料，能迅速有效地控制感染，且未观察到该药物的不良反应。控制大食蚁兽身上的跳蚤感染后，同一建筑物内土豚身上的跳蚤感染也得到了消除。