Lycalopex griseus, llamado por diversos nombres tal como zorro gris chico, zorro gris patagónico, zorro pampa, zorro chilla, entre otros, es una especie nativa de Sudamérica y se halla distribuido principalmente en Argentina y Chile. Una correcta evaluación del estado sanitario de un animal silvestre es esencial para poder evaluar la posibilidad de supervivencia y rehabilitación. El registro electrocardiográfico brinda información de suma relevancia no solo sobre el estado de salud de un animal, sino también del riesgo al que puede ser sometido en caso de procedimientos anestésicos, quirúrgicos ...

Ticks are the most efficient vectors of vector borne diseases after mosquitos. Global and climatic change had increased the spread of these arthropods and the pathogens that they transmit over the world. The relevance of active surveillance of vectors as well as diseases on the animal and human hosts is fundamental for the study of disease epidemiology and hence, prevention. A key for active surveillance of tick borne diseases is tick sampling and identification in hosts but also in the environment. Techniques for environmental sampling of ticks are dragging sampling, which consist on dragging ...

Canine vector borne diseases are expanding worldwi de with implications both in animal and human health. Tick borne diseases have increased dramatically in the past ten years; new diseases have emerged and their geographical distribution has spread. In the province of Mendoza, in Midwestern Argentina, diseases previously not reported such as ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and hepatozoonosis have been diagnosed. In humans, rickettsiosis has been reported. The species of ticks described affecting dogs in the province are Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Amblyomma tigrinum. To the best of our knowledge, ...