Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Finding of an ixodid tick inside a late Holocene owl pellet from northwestern Argentina.
- Journal:
- The Journal of parasitology
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Sanchez, J P et al.
- Affiliation:
- Centro de Estudios Parasitoló
Abstract
In the present study, we report the earliest record of Ixodes sigelos from the late Holocene in Argentina. The tick was recovered from an owl pellet collected within a small mammal sequence in Las Máscaras Cave, Catamarca, Argentina (27 degrees 01'12S'', 66 degrees 44'37''W) and dated at 990 + or - 35 cal yr. Based on bones also present in the pellet, the tick most-likely parasitized a rodent, identified as an Eligmodontia sp., which had been ingested by the owl.
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