Report of infestation by Tunga penetrans (Order: Siphonaptera) in a domestic canine (Canis familiaris) from a rural area of Salta, Argentina

Authors

  • Gisela Mariana Tolaba Carrillos Universidad Nacional de Salta, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Salta, Argentina https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6119-779X
  • Griselda Noemi Copa Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Regional Orán, San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9137-3931
  • Leandro Hipólito Olmos Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), –CIAP –Instituto de Investigación Animal del Chaco Semiárido –Área de Investigación en Salud Animal, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria (EEA), Salta (Cerrillos), Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-0808

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v35i2.27852

Keywords:

Tunga penetrans, canine, Salta

Abstract

A case of infestation by Tunga penetrans in a canine from a rural area of the city of Salta (Argentina) is described to provide information to the epidemiology of this disease at a regional level. A skin sample from a three-year-old mixed-breed canine that showed pain when walking was received in the laboratory. In the ventral part of the plantar pad of the left front limb there was a nodular thickening of a light color on its periphery with a dotted center of darker color. The parasitological study showed that it was an infestation by T. penetrans. This report adds to the information already available in the province; However, it is the first documentation of this presentation in canines at a regional level and in a rural area.

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Published

2024-04-30

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 2 (2024)

Section

Comunicaciones

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Tolaba Carrillos, G. M., Noemi Copa, G., & Hipólito Olmos, L. (2024). Report of infestation by Tunga penetrans (Order: Siphonaptera) in a domestic canine (Canis familiaris) from a rural area of Salta, Argentina. Revista De Investigaciones Veterinarias Del Perú, 35(2), e27852. https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v35i2.27852