Sanchez Juliana Patricia, Ezquiaga MarÍa Cecilia, Ruiz Melanie
Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CIT NOBA (CONICET-UNNOBA), Pergamino, Argentina CONICET.
Zootaxa. 2018 Jan 17;4374(1):144-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.8.
The presence of fleas can have a great negative impact on the productivity and well-being of the animals, and can contribute towards propagation of causative pathogens of important diseases in animals and humans. Fleas and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) are a known association. However, knowledge about fleas on pigs in Argentina is scarce. In this country, swine farming has become one of the main components of livestock production. This activity is primarily carried out by smallholder farmers, involving a potential risk to humans of acquiring pathogens. Our study was developed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, in a region where there is strong swine livestock activity. We provide the first record for Argentina of Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché, 1835) and Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 in domestic pigs, and the first data for the country of parasitological indexes of fleas in pigs. Ctenocephalides felis felis and P. irritans cause discomfort, nuisance, allergic reactions, and anaemia, and are known as vectors of several pathogens with importance for public health. The high prevalence and abundance of C. felis felis and P. irritans observed in pigs from Azul, Buenos Aires, are significant, and the absence of them in other studied localities could correspond to environmental characteristics. This paper expands the knowledge about the flea diversity associated with S. scrofa in Argentina and contributes to the knowledge of the ecology and biology of two cosmopolitan fleas and with public health relevance. This information is important for future epidemiological studies, as well as to establish prevention and control measures where appropriate.
跳蚤的存在会对动物的生产力和健康产生极大的负面影响，并且会促使动物和人类重要疾病的致病病原体传播。跳蚤与家猪（野猪，林奈，1758年）是一种已知的关联。然而，关于阿根廷家猪身上跳蚤的知识却很匮乏。在这个国家，养猪业已成为畜牧业生产的主要组成部分之一。这项活动主要由小农户开展，存在人类感染病原体的潜在风险。我们的研究在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯省一个养猪业活跃的地区进行。我们首次记录了阿根廷家猪身上的猫栉首蚤指名亚种（布歇，1835年）和人蚤（林奈，1758年），并首次提供了该国猪身上跳蚤寄生虫学指标的数据。猫栉首蚤指名亚种和人蚤会引起不适、滋扰、过敏反应和贫血，并且是几种对公共卫生具有重要意义的病原体的传播媒介。在布宜诺斯艾利斯省阿苏尔的猪身上观察到的猫栉首蚤指名亚种和人蚤的高患病率和高丰度很显著，而在其他研究地点未发现它们可能与环境特征有关。本文扩展了关于阿根廷与野猪相关的跳蚤多样性的知识，并有助于了解两种具有全球分布且与公共卫生相关的跳蚤的生态学和生物学。这些信息对于未来的流行病学研究以及在适当情况下制定预防和控制措施都很重要。
