Ectoparasites on fallow deer, Dama dama (L.) in Pomerania, Poland
2004
Szczurek, B. | Kadulski, S. (University of Gdansk, Gdansk (Poland). Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology)
A total of 356 Dama dama individuals (about 20 percent of the population inhabiting Pomerania, Poland) were examined over a period of 6 years (1996-01). The fallow deer were found to act as hosts for 8 parasitic arthropod species belonging to 4 orders: Diptera (Lipoptena cervi), Mallophaga (Damalinia meyeri), Anoplura (Solenopotes burmeisteri) and Acari (Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus, Sarcoptes scabiei, Chorioptes texanus, Demodex kutzeri). The extent of infestation was species-dependent, the highest prevalence (76 percent) was typical of L. cervi, followed by I. ricinus (29 percent) and D. meyeri (7 percent). On the other hand, the extent of infestation of small epidermal Acari was generally low, e.g., the prevalence of C. texanus did not exceed 1 percent. Despite the relatively high prevalences, the infestations were symptomless
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