Horak Ivan G, Heyne Heloise, Donkin Edward F
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2010 Nov 24;77(1):E1-7. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v77i1.3.
Ticks collected from domestic cats (Felis catus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus),caracals (Caracal caracal), African wild cats (Felis lybica), black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), a serval (Leptailurus serval), lions(Panthera leo), and leopards (Panthera pardus) were identified and counted. Thirteen species of ixodid ticks and one argasid tick were identified from domestic cats and 17 species of ixodid ticks from wild felids. The domestic cats and wild felids harboured 11 ixodid species in common. The adults of Haemaphysalis elliptica, the most abundant tick species infesting cats and wild felids, were most numerous on a domestic cat in late winter and in mid-summer, during 2 consecutive years. The recorded geographic distribution of the recently described Haemaphysalis colesbergensis, a parasite of cats and caracals, was extended by 2 new locality records in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
对从家猫（Felis catus）、猎豹（Acinonyx jubatus）、狞猫（Caracal caracal）、非洲野猫（Felis lybica）、黑足猫（Felis nigripes）、薮猫（Leptailurus serval）、狮子（Panthera leo）和豹（Panthera pardus）身上采集的蜱虫进行了鉴定和计数。在家猫身上鉴定出13种硬蜱和1种软蜱，在野生猫科动物身上鉴定出17种硬蜱。家猫和野生猫科动物共有11种硬蜱。椭圆血蜱是侵袭猫和野生猫科动物的数量最多的蜱种，其成虫在连续两年的冬末和仲夏在家猫身上数量最多。最近描述的猫和狞猫寄生虫——科尔斯贝格血蜱的记录地理分布，因南非北开普省的2个新地点记录而扩大。
