Uslu Uğur, Dik Bilal, Gökçen Ahmet
Selçuk Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Parazitoloji, Konya, Turkey.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2008;32(2):142-5.
A total of 100 ground squirrels, Citellus (C.) citellus were trapped in rural regions of Konya in order to determine the presence of ectoparasites. Of these C. citellus examined, 16% (16/100) were infected with at least one ectoparasite species. Two types of ectoparasites were found including 10% fleas and 7% ticks. Only two flea species were found on C. citellus including Nosopsyllus fasciatus 10% (10/100) and Pulex irritans 1% (1/100). Also, only two species of ticks were found on the C. citellus examined. The rate of Haemaphysalis sp. nymphs was found to be 5% (5/100). Both Ixodes sp. adults and Ixodes sp. nymphs were found in 1% (1/100) of the C. citellus examined. The prevalence of ectoparasites showed no specific relationship with the gender and age of the host. Evidently, ground squirrels carry relatively few ectoparasite species in Turkey. This is the first report describing ectoparasites of C. citellus in Turkey.
为了确定体外寄生虫的存在情况，在科尼亚的农村地区总共捕获了100只黄腹黄鼠（Citellus (C.) citellus）。在这些接受检查的黄腹黄鼠中，16%（16/100）感染了至少一种体外寄生虫。发现了两种体外寄生虫，包括10%的跳蚤和7%的蜱。在黄腹黄鼠身上仅发现了两种跳蚤，即具带病蚤（Nosopsyllus fasciatus）占10%（10/100）和致痒蚤（Pulex irritans）占1%（1/100）。此外，在接受检查的黄腹黄鼠身上也仅发现了两种蜱。长角血蜱若虫的感染率为5%（5/100）。在1%（1/100）接受检查的黄腹黄鼠身上发现了成年硬蜱属蜱和硬蜱属若虫。体外寄生虫的感染率与宿主的性别和年龄没有特定关系。显然，在土耳其，黄腹黄鼠携带的体外寄生虫种类相对较少。这是关于土耳其黄腹黄鼠体外寄生虫的首次报道。
