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Flea diversity on small carnivores in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa L. van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa B. Wilson --- Zoologist, McGregor Museum, South Africa N. Lamberski --- Veterinary Clinical Operations Manager, San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, U.S.A.Small carnivores are parasitized by various ectoparasites that include fleas (Siphonaptera). To date few parasite studies in South Africa, and especially the Northern Cape, have focused on fleas, while those that have are biased by small sample sizes. In an... -
Ectoparasites of a non-indigenous warthog population, Phacochoerus africanus, in the Free State Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sonja Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Monlee Swanepoel --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Luther van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Alison J. Leslie --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Louw C. Hoffman --- Department of Animal Sciences, South AfricaA population of the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, recently became established on several farms in the Free State Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to record ectoparasite species that occur on this non-indigenous population and to compare... -
Ectoparasite diversity on rodents at De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa I.G. Horak --- Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, South Africa L. Van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa E.A. Ueckermann --- ARC Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa F.G.T Radloff --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFleas, lice, mites and ticks were collected from 41 Rhabdomys pumilio and seven Otomys irroratus at De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The aims of the study were firstly to quantify parasite abundance and... -
Disentangling the identities and distribution patterns of the introduced beachfleas Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Natalie Diemer --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa Charles L Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa Alan Hodgson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaTwo introduced beachfleas, Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis, have been recorded from South Africa, but have been misidentified by some earlier researchers and, prior to this study, each was also known from just a few, scattered observations, such that their... -
Prevalence of tungiasis in rural poor neighbourhood in Igbokoda, Ondo State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Okorie O Anyaele --- , Nigeria Victor N Enwemiwe --- , NigeriaThe sand flea, Tunga penetrans, causes tungiasis, the detrimental skin inflammation with the potential for bacterial co-infections. It is a neglected tropical disease common among the rural poor, especially communities along the coastlines in Southwest Nigeria. There are very few...