Experimental and Applied Acarology (2000) 24, 661-664

D.H. Aguirre, M.M. Cafrune and A.A. Guglielmone (2000)
Experimental infestation of llamas (Lama glama) with Boophilus microplus (Acari : Ixodidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology 24 (8), 661-664
Abstract: Two llamas (Lama glama) were infested with approximately 20,000 Boophilus microplus larvae each and maintained under controlled conditions to collect the detached adult ticks. A total of 72 engorged and semi-engorged females were recovered with a mean weight of 163.0 ± 70.6 mg. Sixty-three (87.5%) of these ticks oviposited and 60 (95.2%) of the egg masses produced larvae. Six of the heaviest females laid 18,838 eggs from which 16,545 (87.8%) hatched. These results show that llamas are able to maintain a population of B. microplus under experimental conditions. Further studies are required to determine the role of llamas as alternative hosts for B. microplus under field conditions.
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Database assignments for author(s): Daniel H. Aguirre, Alberto Alejandro Guglielmone

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhipicephalus microplus