Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Flea Presence and Abundance Are not Predictors ofCarriage in Norway Rats () from an Underserved Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada.
- Journal:
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Himsworth, Chelsea G et al.
- Affiliation:
- Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative-British Columbia · Canada
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Urban Norway rats () carry pathogenicspp. that are transmitted among rats and from rats to people through arthropod vectors, particularly fleas. There is marked temporospatial variation inspp. carriage among Norway rats in Vancouver, Canada, and we investigated whether this variation is associated with flea presence or abundance.was isolated from 96/370 (35%) rats and 211 (57%) rats had fleas with an average of one flea per rat. All fleas were identified as. There was no significant relationship betweencarriage and flea presence or abundance, suggesting that, in contrast to other rat-associated zoonoses transmitted by fleas (,) flea indices may not be informative for understanding the ecology ofspp. in rats, particularly for.
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