Some wild hosts of the Karoo paralysis tick, Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904 (Acari : Ixodidae)

A variety of mammal and bird species in the Mountain Zebra National Park, eastern Cape Province, were examined for Ixodes rubicundus. In addition, caracal (Felis caracal) from the park and its vicinity as well as from the Graaff-Reinet region of the Karoo were examined. Amongst the animals collected, the red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris) was a preferred host of the immature stages of the tick. Caracal were moderately good hosts of these stages and, with mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) and eland (Taurotragus oryx), are the preferred hosts of adult ticks. The seasonal abundance of the various parasitic life stages was also determined.The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.lmchunu2014mn201

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXII. Ixodid ticks on domestic dogs and on wild carnivores

Ixodid ticks were collected from 4 dogs on smallholdings near Grahamstown, eastern Cape Province, on 1 or more occasions each week for periods ranging from 9-36 months. Fourteen tick species were recovered and the seasonal abundance of adult Haemaphysalis leachi and adult Rhipicephalus simus was determined. Complete collections of ticks were made from 50 caracals (Felis caracal) in the Cradock, Graaff-Reinet and Southwell regions in the eastern Cape Province. The animals from Cradock and Graaff-Reinet harboured 13 ixodid tick species. The caracals from Southwell were infested with 11 tick species and the seasonal abundance of Ixodes pilosus on these animals was determined. A small-spotted genet (Genetta genetta), 1 bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis), 1 aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) and 6 black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) from various localities in the eastern Cape Province were examined for ticks and 9 species were collected. Complete tick collections were made from a side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), 2 wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), a serval (Felis serval), 2 African civets (Civettictis civetta), 2 leopards (Panthera pardus) and a lion (Panthera leo) in the Kruger National Park in the north-eastern Transvaal. Twelve ixodid tick specis were recovered from these animals.The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.lmchunu2014mn201

ʼn Vergelyking van die voedingsgewoontes van die Rooikat <i>Felis caracal</i> binne en buite die Bergkwagga Nasionale Park

Eenhonderd rooikatmismonsters uit die Berg-kwagga Nasionale Park is ontleed. In 94,9 het reste van soog- diere, in 4,3 reste van voels en in 0,8 reste van reptiele voorgekom. Van die soogdierreste was 52,5 reste van die klipdassie Procavia capensis. Vyf-en- tagtig mismonsters is van buite die Bergkwagga Nasionale Park ontleed. Hierin het 96,9 soogdier- reste, 2,1 voelreste en 1,0 reptielreste voorgekom, met die klipdassie Procavia capensis weer die volopste soogdierprooi (30,3). Knaagdiere en kleinvee het onderskeidelik 24 en 22,9 verteenwoordig. One hundred caracal scats collected in the Mountain Zebra National Park were analysed. Undigested remains of mammals were found in 94,9, 4,3 birds and 0,8 reptiles. Dassie Procavia capensis remains occurred most frequently, i.e. in 52,5 of the scats. From outside the Mountain Zebra National Park, 85 caracal scats were analysed. Here 96,9 contained the remains of mammals, 2,1 that of birds and 1,0 of reptiles. Again the remains of the dassie Procavia capensis were the most common, occurring in 30,3 of the scats, followed by rodents 24 and domestic stock 22,9