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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... -
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...