TY - JOUR T1 - Fleas, lice and mites on scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) in northern and eastern Transvaal in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa JF - Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research Y1 - 1995 A1 - Louw,J. P. A1 - Horak,Ivan G. A1 - Horak,M. L. A1 - Braack,L. E. O. SP - 133 EP - 137 KW - fleas KW - KwaZulu Natal KW - Lepus KW - lice KW - mites KW - scrub KW - Transvaal AB -

Fleas, lice and mites were collected from 24 and 120 scrub hares at Pafuri and Skukuza, Northern and Eastern Transvaal, respectively, in the Kruger National Park, and from 34 scrub hares in the Hluhluwe region, north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal. Ctenocephalides felis damarensis, the only flea recovered, reached peak burdens on the hares at each locality during late winter or spring. Juvenile hares harboured significantly fewer fleas than did adult animals. The lice Haemodipsus lyriocephalus and Haemodipsus setoni were collected from hares at each locality, with H. setoni generally being the most abundant. Listrophorus leporicolus was found on hares at Skukuza and Hluhluwe, and mites of the genus Cheyletiella were collected from hares at Skukuza.

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