Flea parasitism in wild mammals in the metropolitan region of Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello Teixeira, André Luiz Mota da Costa, Cassia Regina Ramos Gonzaga, Flora Nogueira Matos, Marina Alvarado de Medeiros, Shamira de Fátima Sallum Leandro, Ronnie Von Matheus, Maria Atalla Bellotti, Beatriz Freitas Lima, Cláudio Alessandro Massamitsu Sakamoto, Luciano Antunes Bar · 2023
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Description
Rodrigo Teixeira and co-authors catalog in this 2023 study the fleas riding wild mammals around Sorocaba, Brazil. Fleas bite many warm-blooded hosts, drain blood, and carry disease, yet wild hosts are rarely checked. From January 2021 to June 2023 the team collected fleas from wild animals at a zoo, some residents found infested at routine checks, others rescued from the wild.
Four flea species were pinned down, plus two more sorted only to genus. All hosts were mammals across eleven species in four orders, from carnivores to armadillos. The authors say such parasite surveys sharpen knowledge of where these agents live and which hosts they favor. Zoo vets now know which guests to check first.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello Teixeira, André Luiz Mota da Costa, Cassia Regina Ramos Gonzaga, Flora Nogueira Matos, Marina Alvarado de Medeiros, Shamira de Fátima Sallum Leandro, Ronnie Von Matheus, Maria Atalla Bellotti, Beatriz Freitas Lima, Cláudio Alessandro Massamitsu Sakamoto, Luciano Antunes Bar |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |