Durden L A, Luckhart S, Mullen G R, Smith S
Department of Entomology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849.
J Wildl Dis. 1991 Oct;27(4):606-14. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-27.4.606.
Four species of ticks were collected from 537 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), examined during the hunting seasons (November to January) of 1988-89 and 1989-90 at selected locations in Alabama (USA). Ixodes scapularis was the most common tick recovered (2,060 specimens) and infested 54% of the deer. Dermacentor albipictus was the second most frequent tick (1,253 specimens) and infested 15% of the deer. Amblyomma americanum was the third most frequent tick (315 specimens) and infested 24% of the deer; this was the only species of tick collected from deer at all sampling locations. Amblyomma maculatum was an infrequent parasite (five specimens) and infested only 1% of the deer; this tick species was only recorded during the 1989-90 season. Year-to-year and geographical differences in tick infestation parameters were noted. The data are compared with those reported for previous surveys of ticks infesting white-tailed deer in Alabama and adjacent states.
从537头白尾鹿（弗吉尼亚鹿）身上采集到了四种蜱虫，这些鹿于1988 - 1989年和1989 - 1990年狩猎季节（11月至1月）期间，在美国阿拉巴马州的选定地点接受了检查。肩突硬蜱是采集到的最常见的蜱虫（2060只标本），感染了54%的鹿。白纹革蜱是第二常见的蜱虫（1253只标本），感染了15%的鹿。美洲钝眼蜱是第三常见的蜱虫（315只标本），感染了24%的鹿；这是在所有采样地点从鹿身上采集到的唯一一种蜱虫。斑点钝眼蜱是一种不常见的寄生虫（5只标本），仅感染了1%的鹿；这种蜱虫仅在1989 - 1990年季节被记录到。注意到了蜱虫感染参数的逐年差异和地理差异。这些数据与之前阿拉巴马州及邻近州有关感染白尾鹿的蜱虫调查所报告的数据进行了比较。
