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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2009) 14, 3–10.

Migratory bird tick surveillance, including a new record of Haemaphysalis ornithophila Hoogstraal and Kohls 1959 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Hong-do (Hong Island), Republic of Korea

HEUNG CHUL KIM1, SUNGJIN KO2, CHANG-YONG CHOI3, HYUN-YOUNG NAM3, HEE-YOUNG CHAE3, SUNG TAE CHONG1, TERRY A. KLEIN4, WILLIAM J. SAMES5, RICHARD G. ROBBINS6 & JOON-SEOK CHAE2*

1 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, USAMEDDAC-Korea, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247
2 Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. E-mail: jschae@snu.ac.kr
3 Migratory Birds Center, National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service, Shinan-Gun, Jeollanam Province 535-916, Korea
4 Force Health Protection, 65th Medical Brigade, USAMEDDAC-Korea, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, 
5 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2639 DES-E, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221
6 DPMIAC/AFPMB, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001
*Address for correspondence: Joon-Seok Chae, DVM, Ph.D., Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. Phone: +82-2-880-1279; Fax: +82-2-880-1213. E-mail: jschae@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

In 2008, tick surveillance of migratory birds was conducted on Hong-do (Hong Island), Jeollanam Province, Republic of Korea. Seventy-seven ticks representing two genera and four species—Haemaphysalis flava Neumann (21 ticks), Haemaphysalis ornithophila Hoogstraal & Kohls (2), Ixodes nipponensis Kitaoka & Saito (3), and Ixodes turdus Nakatsuji (51)—were collected from 12 species of birds belonging to nine genera. Two male H. ornithophila, an uncommonly collected tick, were removed from a scaly thrush, Zoothera dauma (Latham), on Hong-do. Haemaphysalis ornithophila is a Southeast Asian species that was transported to Korea during the spring migration of Z. dauma to its breeding grounds in Russia. This first report of H. ornithophila from Korea has implications for the introduction of exotic tick species and their pathogens on migratory birds.

Key words: Haemaphysalis ornithophila, Ixodes, bird ticks, migratory birds, Korea

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