Horak I G, Fourie L J
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1986 Jun;53(2):123-6.
Five or 6 rock dassies (Procavia capensis) were shot at monthly intervals for 13 consecutive months in the Mountain Zebra National Park and processed for arthropod parasite recovery. Ten species of ixodid ticks and 2 flea species were recovered. The seasonal prevalence of the rock dassie ticks, Haemaphysalis hyracophila and Rhipicephalus distinctus, and of the immature stages of Rhipicephalus arnoldi, a tick that usually infests the red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris), was determined. Only 10 of the approximately 10 000 ticks recovered from the rock dassies belonged to species that may infest domestic livestock.
在山斑马国家公园，连续13个月每月射杀5或6只岩蹄兔（南非蹄兔），并对其进行处理以回收节肢动物寄生虫。共回收了10种硬蜱和2种跳蚤。测定了岩蹄兔蜱（嗜岩血蜱和特氏扇头蜱）以及通常寄生于红岩兔（岩兔）的阿诺德扇头蜱未成熟阶段的季节流行率。从岩蹄兔身上回收的约10000只蜱中，只有10只属于可能寄生于家畜的种类。
