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1 April 1984 IXODID TICKS ON FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA
Ellis C. Greiner, Pamela P. Humphrey, Robert C. Belden, William B. Frankenberger, David H. Austin, E. Paul J. Gibbs
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Abstract

More than 99% of the 645 feral swine (Sus scrofa L.) in southern Florida harbored ixodid ticks. Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) was present on 99.6% of the swine and comprised 82.5% of the ticks collected. Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) occurred on 85.9% of the hosts and 17.4% of the collections were of this species. Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star tick) and Ixodes scapularis (Black-legged tick) were found infrequently and together constituted <0.1% of the ticks. Pigs were infested by 7–22 days of age and 95% carried ticks by 6 wk of age. Only adult ticks were found on swine from southern Florida, but immature stages of A. americanum were present from a small sample of swine from northern Florida. Each species had a different pattern of distribution on the feral swine. No Ornithodoros species were found among the 36,616 ticks collected from feral swine during this survey.

Greiner, Humphrey, Belden, Frankenberger, Austin, and Gibbs: IXODID TICKS ON FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA
Ellis C. Greiner, Pamela P. Humphrey, Robert C. Belden, William B. Frankenberger, David H. Austin, and E. Paul J. Gibbs "IXODID TICKS ON FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 20(2), 114-119, (1 April 1984). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-20.2.114
Received: 6 October 1983; Published: 1 April 1984
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