Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Authors: | B. Chuluun, Mariana, A., Ho, T. - M., Mohd-Kulaimi, B. |
Journal: | Tropical Biomedicine |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pagination: | 243-247 |
Type of Article: | Research Note |
Abstract: | Trapping of small mammals was conducted at 5 study sites in Kuala SelangorNature Park (KSNP) from 20-24 June 2005. A total of 11 animals comprising 2 species ofrodents, Maxomys whiteheadi and Rattus exulans were caught from 3 sites, i.e from an areaof mixed secondary forest and mangrove swamp; an area of mangrove swamp, and from anarea of lalang fringing mangrove swamp. From these animals, the following 7 species ofectoparasites were found: Laelaps echidninus, Laelaps nuttalli, Ascoschoengastia indica,Leptotrombidium deliense, Hoplopleura pectinata, Hoplopleura pacifica and Polyplaxspinulosa. One of the ectoparasites found, L. deliense is a known vector of scrub typhusand thus may pose potential health risks to visitors to KSNP. |
URL: | http://msptm.org/journal-vol-22-no-2/ |
A preliminary survey of ectoparasites of small mammalsin Kuala Selangor Nature Park
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