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Jacobs, P.A.H.
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Fourie, L.J.
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Kok, D.J.
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik |
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Horak, Ivan Gerard
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2012-05-31T07:15:25Z |
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2012-05-31T07:15:25Z |
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2012 |
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dc.date.issued |
2001 |
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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. |
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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. |
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mn2012 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
National Research Foundation. University of the Free State. |
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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. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0030-2465 |
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dc.identifier.other |
7102989086 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19022 |
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en |
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Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. |
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dc.rights |
© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original).
© University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). |
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dc.subject |
Veterinary medicine |
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dc.subject |
Central Free State |
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dc.subject |
Dogs |
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dc.subject |
Haemaphysalis leachi |
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Ixodid ticks |
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus |
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Seasonality |
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Sites of attachment |
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South Africa |
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Veterinary medicine -- South Africa |
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Ticks -- South Africa |
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Ticks -- Control |
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Tick-borne diseases in animals |
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Ticks as carriers of disease |
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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 |
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dc.type |
Article |
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