background : rodents with a population greater than the entire population of other mammals on earth are the source of economic losses and health conflicts. one of the major health problems with the rodents is their role as reservoir hosts of zoonotic diseases. the aim of this study was to assess the infestation of commensal rodents with ectoparasites in hamedan city, western iran. methods : the...

Although levels of parasitism can vary greatly among individual bats of the same species, little is known about the characteristics of hosts that affect such variation. Bats were captured via mist nets from June 1995 to July 1997 from 28 localities throughout Paraguay. Over 17 500 ectoparasites were collected from 2909 bats; however, analyses of ectoparasite abundance were restricted to more ab...

BACKGROUND Rodents play important role as host of ectoparasites and reservoir of different zoonotic diseases. The aim of this study was to asses the infestation of commensal rodents with ectoparasites in Bandar Abbas, a port city located in the northern part of the Persian Gulf in Iran. METHODS Rodents were captured using live traps during the study period in year 2007. After transferring the...

Long ago, Hamilton (1971) proposed that the ‘‘selfish herd’’ effect, while primarily thought to reduce predation risk, might also apply to avoiding parasites. Solitary individuals suffer higher ectoparasite burdens if they lack conspecifics either to absorb collateral damage from the local ectoparasite population or to remove ectoparasites by allogrooming. By grouping, therefore, animals may re...

Ectoparasitic arthropods are often vectors of rickettsiosis. We conducted a survey of ectoparasites on U.S. military facilities throughout Japan with the use of specimens submitted by pest control, public health, and veterinary personnel. Over 1,600 individual ectoparasites were collected. Fifteen species were identified, including several significant vectors of human diseases such as scrub typ...

ectoparasites of various species of rodents were examined from sarepole zehab, kermanshah province iran during 2005. this city is bordered with iraq. a total of 139 rodents included 6 species of hosts were captured during all different seasons and examined for ectoparasites using live trap. the area of study was mainly plateu (70%) and mountanous. the hosts including: microtus socialis, mus mus...

Reports on ectoparasites on dogs in Central America are scarce. The aim of this study was to identify flea, louse and tick species infesting dogs in home environments on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, and determine their frequency and coexistence. Ectoparasites were collected from dogs in 83 rural homes at five study sites. Specimens were identified and separated according to species. Fleas...

BACKGROUND Ectoparasites of mammalian hosts play an important role for transmission of diseases from the host reservoirs to human. The aim of this study was to determine the species composition and infestation parameters for parasitic arthropods associated with Rhombomys opimus. METHODS Ectoparasites of R. opimus were collected from seven endemic district of ZCL in Iran including Shirvan and ...

in the present study, 240 samples from freshwater culture in spring and winter, also 380 samples from warmwater cultures in spring and summer were prepared from different cities in mazandaran province for study on ectoparasites. resulte showed that the highest rate of the infection in freshwater culture was related to ichtiophithirius multifiliis (27.85%) in summer. total rate of the infection ...