Primer registro de Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) en un bovino en la provincia de Corrientes, Argentina

I. Genjo; P.J. Vaschalde; E.I. Martínez; V.N. Debarbora; E.L. Tarragona

doi:10.30972/vet.3719292

Authors

I. Genjo Laboratorio Biología de los Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Av. Libertad 5470, CP 3400, Corrientes, Argentina y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-CCT Nordeste https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7203-0399
P.J. Vaschalde Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL, INTA - CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria, Rafaela, Rafaela CC 22, CP 2300, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-7611
E.I. Martínez Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria, Ruta Nacional 12, km 1008, CP 3400, Corrientes, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9541-9037
V.N. Debarbora Laboratorio Biología de los Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Av. Libertad 5470, CP 3400, Corrientes, Argentina y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-CCT Nordeste https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-1356
E.L. Tarragona Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL, INTA - CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria, Rafaela, Rafaela CC 22, CP 2300, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-6384

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/vet.3719292

Keywords:

garrapata, Ixodidae, vaca

Abstract

Amblyomma aureolatum is a tick species with a Neotropical distribution and importance to animal and public health. The objective of this study was to report the first record of A. aureolatum on a bovine in Corrientes Province, Argentina. In April 2019, a sanitary survey was conducted on Braford cattle from a livestock farm located in Paso Florentín, Corrientes Province, within the Humid Chaco region. The collected specimen was identified to species level using dichotomous morphological keys and was subsequently deposited in the tick collection of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), EEA Rafaela. The presence of A. aureolatum in this region is consistent with its known distribution in the center-east and northeast of the country, as well as with its ecological requirements. This study constitutes the first record of A. aureolatum parasitizing a bovine in Argentina and represents the first record for Corrientes Province, contributing to the knowledge of the geographic distribution of this species and its known hosts.

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