README file
Data Set Title: Dataset on ectoparasites in synanthropic rodents
Data Set Author/s: 
Filippo Maria Dini Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, ORCID 0000-0001-7378-8650
Silvia Crucitti, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Talita Bordoni, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, ORCID 0009-0005-8626-0800
Roberta Galuppi, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (Affiliation), ORCID 0000-0001-6959-8731; 

Data Set Contact Person/s: Name Surname (Affiliation), ORCID (if available), email; 
Roberta Galuppi, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (Affiliation), ORCID 0000-0001-6959-8731; roberta.galuppi@unibo.it
Filippo Maria Dini Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, ORCID 0000-0001-7378-8650, filippomaria.dini@unibo.it

Data Set License: this data set is distributed under a 
“Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/”
Publication Year: 2025

Data set Contents
The data set consists of:
•	1 tabular quantitative/qualitative file saved in .CSV format
“ectoparasites_synanthropic_rodents_DATASET.csv”
•	1 README file 
“ectoparasies_synantropic_rodents_README.rtf

Data set Documentation
Abstract
The dataset includes the data of a study concerning the presence of ectoparasites in rodents captured from October 2020 to April 2023 during pest control campaigns in various Italian provinces (Bologna, Forlì-Cesena, Rimini, Ravenna, Arezzo). A total of 140 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus - 81 samples), black rats (Rattus rattus - 49 samples), and house mice (Mus musculus - 10 samples) are included. 

Content of the files: 
•	file [ectoparasites_synanthropic_rodents_DATASET.csv] contains the list of synanthropics rodent captured in some province of northern-central Italy and the arthropods ectoparasites found on their skin
•	file [ectoparasies_synantropic_rodents_README.rtf] contains information about the data of dataset.

File specifics
The .csv files was created from excel using UTF-8 format.
Field delimiter: semicolon (;)

Data sources 
Lab analisys

List of variables 
Rodent species examined: Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus
Provinces of origin AR = Arezzo; BO = Bologna; FC = Forlì-Cesena; RA = Ravenna; RN = Rimini
Sex: M = Male; F = Female
Weight: in grams
Mites, lices, fleas, other: scientific name of the arthropods found