Marked host association and molecular evidence of limited transmission of ticks and fleas between sympatric wild foxes and rural dogs

• Published in: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
• Main Authors: Cevidanes A., Ulloa-Contreras C., Di Cataldo S., Latrofa M. S., Gonzalez-Acuna D., Otranto D., Millan J.
• Other Authors: Cevidanes, A., Ulloa-Contreras, C., Di Cataldo, S., Latrofa, M. S., Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Otranto, D., Millan, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Cross-species transmission; Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis; One Health; wild/domestic interface; Molina; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11586/388785; https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12515

Wild and domestic carnivores share ectoparasites, although molecular evidence is lacking. The goals of this study were to describe tick and flea infestation in sympatric free-ranging dogs Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora: Canidae) and Andean foxes Lycalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782)...