Fantozzi María Cecilia, Tarragona Evelina Luisa, Dayenoff Patricio, Cuervo Pablo Fernando, Mera Y Sierra Roberto, Nava Santiago
Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades, Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Laboratorio de Parasitología e Inmunología, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2018 Dec;14:99-102. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2018.09.007. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Adult ticks were collected from goats on September 2012 in the locality of Trintrica (35° 17' 19″ S - 68° 44' 6″ W, 1430 m.a.s.l.), Mendoza, Argentina. The specimens were identified as seven females and three males of Amblyomma parvitarsum Neumann, 1901. This record represents the new occurrence of A. parvitarsum in the province of Mendoza, as well as the first report of the parasitism in goats along the geographical range of A. parvitarsum.