Grech-Angelini Sébastien, Stachurski Frédéric, Lancelot Renaud, Boissier Jérôme, Allienne Jean-François, Gharbi Mohamed, Uilenberg Gerrit
INRA, UR 045 Laboratoire de Recherches sur le Développement de l'Elevage, Corte, France.
CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR 1309CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France.
Vet Parasitol. 2016 Jan 30;216:33-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.11.015. Epub 2015 Dec 2.
Hyalomma scupense (Acari, Ixodidae) is a common tick species found in several areas in North Africa, Asia and South Europe and an efficient natural vector of bovine tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata), a livestock disease with an important economic impact. For one year, 1938 ticks were collected on cattle in several Corsican slaughterhouses; 168 of them were morphologically identified as H. scupense. This result was confirmed by genetic identification using sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) genes. The presence of 2 different stages (adults and nymphs), collected in various areas of the island, indicates that a population of H. scupense is established in Corsica. However, bovine tropical theileriosis has not been diagnosed on the island so far.
斯氏璃眼蜱(蜱螨亚纲,硬蜱科)是在北非、亚洲和南欧若干地区发现的常见蜱种,也是牛热带泰勒虫病(环形泰勒虫)的高效自然传播媒介,这种家畜疾病具有重大经济影响。在一年时间里,从科西嘉岛的几个屠宰场收集了1938只牛身上的蜱;其中168只在形态上被鉴定为斯氏璃眼蜱。通过使用线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I(COI)和核糖体内部转录间隔区2(ITS2)基因序列进行基因鉴定,证实了这一结果。在该岛不同地区采集到了2个不同阶段(成虫和若虫)的样本,这表明斯氏璃眼蜱种群已在科西嘉岛建立。然而,到目前为止该岛尚未诊断出牛热带泰勒虫病。