Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate

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Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina; Suarez Páez, Fernando; Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus; Vargas Cuevas, Laura; Padilla Barreto, Mónica
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The main goal of this research was to identify the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) found in 10 individuals of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) from 349 individuals captured at the Hidroprado hydroelectric dam in the Department of Tolima, Colombia. Parasite prevalence was 2.9%. A total of 40 ticks were collected and two species identified: Amblyomma dissimile (n = 39) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 1). This is the second record of A. dissimile in C. crocodilus in Colombia and the first record of R. sanguineus in crocodilians. The natural infection of C. c. fuscus by A. dissimile establishes this species as a host in the life cycle of this tick. Similarly, parasitism by R. sanguineus indicates C. c. fuscus as a potential host for this tick, which is important since it is associated with domestic animals and has a high potential for transmission of zoonotic diseases. Our results highlight the parasitic relationship between ticks and one of the most resistant wild vertebrates: caimans. The prevalence, although not high, establishes the potential of ticks to parasitize different species and to be a vector of diseases for new groups of hosts.
Fil: Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina. Universidad del Tolima; Colombia
Fil: Suarez Páez, Fernando. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
Fil: Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Vargas Cuevas, Laura. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
Fil: Padilla Barreto, Mónica. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
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ACARI
CROCODYLIA
ECTOPARASITES
HARD TICKS
IXODIDAE
PARASITISM
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spelling Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss RateMora Rivera, Nohora CristinaSuarez Páez, FernandoPacheco Sierra, Gualberto JesusVargas Cuevas, LauraPadilla Barreto, MónicaACARICROCODYLIAECTOPARASITESHARD TICKSIXODIDAEPARASITISMhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The main goal of this research was to identify the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) found in 10 individuals of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) from 349 individuals captured at the Hidroprado hydroelectric dam in the Department of Tolima, Colombia. Parasite prevalence was 2.9%. A total of 40 ticks were collected and two species identified: Amblyomma dissimile (n = 39) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 1). This is the second record of A. dissimile in C. crocodilus in Colombia and the first record of R. sanguineus in crocodilians. The natural infection of C. c. fuscus by A. dissimile establishes this species as a host in the life cycle of this tick. Similarly, parasitism by R. sanguineus indicates C. c. fuscus as a potential host for this tick, which is important since it is associated with domestic animals and has a high potential for transmission of zoonotic diseases. Our results highlight the parasitic relationship between ticks and one of the most resistant wild vertebrates: caimans. The prevalence, although not high, establishes the potential of ticks to parasitize different species and to be a vector of diseases for new groups of hosts.Fil: Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina. Universidad del Tolima; ColombiaFil: Suarez Páez, Fernando. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; ColombiaFil: Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; ArgentinaFil: Vargas Cuevas, Laura. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; ColombiaFil: Padilla Barreto, Mónica. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; ColombiaSociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia2020-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/143016Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina; Suarez Páez, Fernando; Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus; Vargas Cuevas, Laura; Padilla Barreto, Mónica; Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate; Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia; South American Journal of Herpetology; 16; 1; 8-2020; 42-491982-355XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00080.1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://bioone.org/journals/south-american-journal-of-herpetology/volume-16/issue-1/SAJH-D-18-00080.1/Tick-Infection-of-Caiman-crocodilus-fuscus-at-the-Hidroprado-Hydroelectric/10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00080.1.fullinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:08:59Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/143016instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:08:59.952CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
title Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
spellingShingle Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina
ACARI
CROCODYLIA
ECTOPARASITES
HARD TICKS
IXODIDAE
PARASITISM
title_short Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
title_full Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
title_fullStr Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
title_full_unstemmed Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
title_sort Tick Infection of Caiman crocodilus fuscus at the Hidroprado Hydroelectric Dam in Colombia: New Records, Parasite Prevalence, and Blood Loss Rate
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina
Suarez Páez, Fernando
Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus
Vargas Cuevas, Laura
Padilla Barreto, Mónica
author Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina
author_facet Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina
Suarez Páez, Fernando
Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus
Vargas Cuevas, Laura
Padilla Barreto, Mónica
author_role author
author2 Suarez Páez, Fernando
Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus
Vargas Cuevas, Laura
Padilla Barreto, Mónica
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ACARI
CROCODYLIA
ECTOPARASITES
HARD TICKS
IXODIDAE
PARASITISM
topic ACARI
CROCODYLIA
ECTOPARASITES
HARD TICKS
IXODIDAE
PARASITISM
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The main goal of this research was to identify the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) found in 10 individuals of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) from 349 individuals captured at the Hidroprado hydroelectric dam in the Department of Tolima, Colombia. Parasite prevalence was 2.9%. A total of 40 ticks were collected and two species identified: Amblyomma dissimile (n = 39) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 1). This is the second record of A. dissimile in C. crocodilus in Colombia and the first record of R. sanguineus in crocodilians. The natural infection of C. c. fuscus by A. dissimile establishes this species as a host in the life cycle of this tick. Similarly, parasitism by R. sanguineus indicates C. c. fuscus as a potential host for this tick, which is important since it is associated with domestic animals and has a high potential for transmission of zoonotic diseases. Our results highlight the parasitic relationship between ticks and one of the most resistant wild vertebrates: caimans. The prevalence, although not high, establishes the potential of ticks to parasitize different species and to be a vector of diseases for new groups of hosts.
Fil: Mora Rivera, Nohora Cristina. Universidad del Tolima; Colombia
Fil: Suarez Páez, Fernando. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
Fil: Pacheco Sierra, Gualberto Jesus. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Vargas Cuevas, Laura. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
Fil: Padilla Barreto, Mónica. Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Colombia
description The main goal of this research was to identify the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) found in 10 individuals of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) from 349 individuals captured at the Hidroprado hydroelectric dam in the Department of Tolima, Colombia. Parasite prevalence was 2.9%. A total of 40 ticks were collected and two species identified: Amblyomma dissimile (n = 39) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 1). This is the second record of A. dissimile in C. crocodilus in Colombia and the first record of R. sanguineus in crocodilians. The natural infection of C. c. fuscus by A. dissimile establishes this species as a host in the life cycle of this tick. Similarly, parasitism by R. sanguineus indicates C. c. fuscus as a potential host for this tick, which is important since it is associated with domestic animals and has a high potential for transmission of zoonotic diseases. Our results highlight the parasitic relationship between ticks and one of the most resistant wild vertebrates: caimans. The prevalence, although not high, establishes the potential of ticks to parasitize different species and to be a vector of diseases for new groups of hosts.
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