A study of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Danube Delta and Tulcea district in 2005

• Main Authors: VLADIMIRESCU Alexandru Filip, ARSENE Marian, MARINOV Mihai, COIPAN Elena Claudia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CITDD Publishing House 2006-09-01
• Series: Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute
• Subjects: ticks; Acari; Danube Delta; Romania
• Online Access: http://www.ddni.ro/manager/editor/UserFiles/File/Scientific%20annals/volume/12/3.pdf

A survey was carried out to investigate the occurrence of hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting different vertebrate species in the Danube Delta in 2005. Ticks were collected from ten locations (Babadag, Crisan, Grindul Lupilor, Luncavita, Macin, Mila 26, Periteasca, Portita, Sfantu-Gheorghe, Tulcea). The study was meant to assess which places have a high tick infestation, in view of future distribution studies, which will be conducted in the next three years. In total, 314 ticks were collected from 15 different species. Six species were found: Boophilus calcaratus (7.64%), Dermacentor marginatus (11.47%), Hyalomma plumbeum (16.57%), Ixodes ricinus (6.69%), Rhipicephalus bursa (0.63%), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (57%).