Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A

Charles Lubelczyk; Eleanor H. Lacombe; Susan P. Elias; Lorenza Beati; Peter W. Rand; Robert P. Smith

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.02.001

Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A

Charles Lubelczyk, Eleanor H. Lacombe, Susan P. Elias, Lorenza Beati, Peter W. Rand, Robert P. Smith

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Maine Medical Center

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Abstract

Ticks collected from mustelids from four counties in Maine and one in New Hampshire were identified after harvest. Of the 18 fishers Martes pennanti Erxleben, two mink Neovison vison Schreber, and one long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 589 ticks were collected and identified. They were identified as, in order of abundance, Ixodes gregsoni Lindquist, Wu, and Redner (158 larvae, 189 nymphs, four adults), Ixodes cookei Packard (99 larvae, 77 nymphs, six adults), Ixodes scapularis Say (53 adults), Dermacentor variabilis Say (two nymphs), and Ixodes angustus Neumann (one nymph). Seasonally, all but the D. variabilis were collected in winter. This study reports the first record of adult I. scapularis from a M. pennanti in the northeastern United States.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	432-435
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.02.001
State	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

Ixodes
Martes pennanti
Mustelids
Ticks

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Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A

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