Horak I G, Spickett A M, Braack L E, Penzhorn B L
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1993 Sep;60(3):163-74.
A total of 264 scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) were examined for ixodid ticks at various localities in the Kruger National Park, eastern Transvaal Lowveld. Thirteen tick species were recovered from these hares. The seasonal abundances of the immature stages of Amblyomma hebraeum, Amblyomma marmoreum, Hyalomma truncatum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis and all stages of a Rhipicephalus sp. (near R. pravus) were determined. Three scrub hares, examined in the north-western Transvaal Bushveld, were infested with five ixodid tick species. Ten hares examined in the eastern Transvaal Highveld harboured three species. A total of 15 ixodid tick species were recovered from the scrub hares examined in the three regions of the Transvaal. No haematozoa were found in blood smears made from the hares examined in the southern region of the Kruger National Park.
在东德兰士瓦低地的克鲁格国家公园的不同地点，共对264只灌丛穴兔（南非山兔）进行了硬蜱检查。从这些穴兔身上发现了13种蜱类。测定了希伯来花蜱、大理石花蜱、截形璃眼蜱、边缘革蜱、埃氏扇头蜱、小盾扇头蜱和赞比西亚扇头蜱未成熟阶段以及一种扇头蜱属蜱（近普氏扇头蜱）所有阶段的季节丰度。在德兰士瓦西北部灌木丛地区检查的3只灌丛穴兔感染了5种硬蜱。在东德兰士瓦高地检查的10只穴兔身上有3种蜱。从德兰士瓦三个地区检查的灌丛穴兔身上总共发现了15种硬蜱。在克鲁格国家公园南部地区检查的穴兔所做的血涂片上未发现血原虫。
