Journal
JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 361-373Publisher
SOC VECTOR ECOLOGY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12052.x
Keywords
Ticks; Ixodidae; feral swine; pigs
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research Project [TEX08911]
- Department of Defense Education Program
- Deployed Warfighter Protection Program
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Welder Wildlife Foundation
- Camp Bullis Military Reservation
- Fort Hood Military Reservation
- Texas Department of Corrections
- Anderson Ranch LLC
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Ixodid ticks were collected from feral swine in eight Texas ecoregions from 2008-2011. Sixty-two percent of 806 feral swine were infested with one or more of the following species: Amblyomma americanum, A. cajennense, A. maculatum, Dermacentor albipictus, D. halli, D. variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis. Juvenile and adult feral swine of both sexes were found to serve as host to ixodid ticks. Longitudinal surveys of feral swine at four geographic locations show persistent year-round tick infestations of all gender-age classes for tick species common to their respective geographic locations and ecoregions. Amblyomma americanum, A. cajennense, A. maculatum and D. variabilis were collected from 66% of feral swine harvested through an abatement program in seven ecoregions from March to October in 2009. These results indicate westward geographic expansion of D. variabilis. Summary results show feral swine are competent hosts for ixodid species responsible for the transmission of pathogens and diminished well-being in livestock, wildlife, and humans.
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