Diversity, seasonality and sites of attachment of adult ixodid ticks on dogs in the central region of the Free State Province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Jacobs, P.A.H.
dc.contributor.author Fourie, L.J.
dc.contributor.author Kok, D.J.
dc.contributor.editor Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
dc.contributor.upauthor Horak, Ivan Gerard
dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-31T07:15:25Z
dc.date.available 2012-05-31T07:15:25Z
dc.date.created 2012
dc.date.issued 2001
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en
dc.description.abstract Several surveys of ticks infesting dogs belonging to owners in resource-limited and more affluent communities have been conducted in South Africa, but no such investigation has been carried out in the Free State Province of this country. The present study was initiated to meet this shortcoming. Ticks were collected from dogs at six localities in, and to the east of the city of Bloemfontein in the central region of the province. Three of these localities could be classed as resource-limited and two as affluent, while the sixth locality was an animal shelter serving all members of the public. Adult ticks belonging to nine ixodid tick species were collected, of which Rhipicephalus sanguineus was the most numerous. Significantly more R. sanguineus was collected from dogs at resource-limited than at more affluent localities. The greatest proportions of these ticks attached to the backs and necks of the dogs, with the proportions being larger in long-haired than in short-haired dogs. Most R. sanguineus were collected during the warmer months particularly from January to April. The greatest proportions of Haemaphysalis leachi, the next most numerous species, were also collected from the backs and the necks of the dogs. Most of these were present during the period September to November. en
dc.description.librarian mn2012 en
dc.description.sponsorship National Research Foundation. University of the Free State. en
dc.identifier.citation Jacobs, PAH, Fourie, LJ, Kok, DJ & Horak, IG 2001, 'Diversity, seasonality and sites of attachment of adult ixodid ticks on dogs in the central region of the Free State Province, South Africa’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 281-290. en
dc.identifier.issn 0030-2465
dc.identifier.other 7102989086
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19022
dc.language en
dc.publisher Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. en
dc.rights © ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). en
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en
dc.subject Central Free State en
dc.subject Dogs en
dc.subject Haemaphysalis leachi en
dc.subject Ixodid ticks en
dc.subject Rhipicephalus sanguineus en
dc.subject Seasonality en
dc.subject Sites of attachment en
dc.subject South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Ticks -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Ticks -- Control en
dc.subject.lcsh Tick-borne diseases in animals en
dc.subject.lcsh Ticks as carriers of disease en
dc.title Diversity, seasonality and sites of attachment of adult ixodid ticks on dogs in the central region of the Free State Province, South Africa en
dc.type Article en


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