Parasitic prevalence in bat fauna captured from selected sites in northwestern Pakistan
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Abstract Present study was conducted to record ecotoparasitic prevalence in bat fauna of the northwestern parts of Pakistan. A total of 204 bat specimens representing 14 species were captured during a two year survey, extending from June 2015 through May 2016. A species of soft ticks Argas vespertilionis was identified from 23 bat specimens. Similarly, members of the family Dermanyssoidae (dermanyssoid mites) were isolated from 10 bat specimens, that of Spinturnicidae (spinturnicid mites) from 3 and Streblidae (bat flies) from 2 bat specimens. These parasites were collected using entomological tweezers and were identified on morphological basis. Further studies on parasitic prevalence, molecular characterization of bat parasites and their control measures are recommended.
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Pakistan
- University of Agriculture Pakistan
- Lahore College for Women University Pakistan
- University of Malakand Pakistan
Spinturnicidae, Ecology and Behavior of Bats, Veterinary medicine, bat, FOS: Health sciences, hematófago, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Chiroptera, Bats, Prevalence, Pakistan, Biology (General), Chordata, Immunology and Microbiology, Mites, Ecology, Q, Life Sciences, Biodiversity, Infectious Diseases, Fauna, Mammalia, Medicine, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Zoonotic Infections, chiroptera, haematophagous, QH301-705.5, Dermanyssidae, Science, bats, Dermanyssoidae, Health Sciences, Animals, Animalia, Parasites, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Diptera, Botany, QL1-991, Tick-Borne Diseases and Pathogens Transmission, QK1-989, FOS: Biological sciences, Parasitology, Argas vespertilionis, Zoology
Spinturnicidae, Ecology and Behavior of Bats, Veterinary medicine, bat, FOS: Health sciences, hematófago, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Chiroptera, Bats, Prevalence, Pakistan, Biology (General), Chordata, Immunology and Microbiology, Mites, Ecology, Q, Life Sciences, Biodiversity, Infectious Diseases, Fauna, Mammalia, Medicine, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Zoonotic Infections, chiroptera, haematophagous, QH301-705.5, Dermanyssidae, Science, bats, Dermanyssoidae, Health Sciences, Animals, Animalia, Parasites, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Diptera, Botany, QL1-991, Tick-Borne Diseases and Pathogens Transmission, QK1-989, FOS: Biological sciences, Parasitology, Argas vespertilionis, Zoology
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