dc.contributor.advisor |
Penzhorn, Barend Louis |
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dc.contributor.coadvisor |
Horak, Ivan Gerard |
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dc.contributor.postgraduate |
Kariuki, Edward Kamau |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-09-09T12:06:43Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-08-14 |
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dc.date.available |
2013-09-09T12:06:43Z |
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dc.date.created |
2012-04-13 |
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dc.date.issued |
2011 |
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dc.date.submitted |
2012-08-08 |
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dc.description |
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2011. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The objective of this study was to compare the tick species that infest African buffaloes
(Syncerus caffer) with those that infest domestic cattle in the Tsavo Conservation Area
in Kenya. To this end ticks were collected from cattle and African buffaloes within the
study locality. Fourteen tick species belonging to the genera Amblyomma, Hyalomma
and Rhipicephalus were collected. Eight species, namely Amblyomma gemma,
Amblyomma lepidum, Hyalomma albiparmatum, Hyalomma rufipes, Hyalomma
truncatum, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, Rhipicephalus pravus and Rhipicephalus
pulchellus, were collected from cattle and from buffaloes sampled during the study
period. Three species, namely Hyalomma impeltatum, Rhipicephalus humeralis and
Rhipicephalus praetextatus, were present only on buffaloes, and three, Rhipicephalus
(Boophilus) sp., Rhipicephalus kochi, and Rhipicephalus muehlensi, were collected only
from cattle. Of all the ticks collected, those of the genus Amblyomma are associated
with the highest risk of disease and possibly with severe losses in cattle in the area.
New locality records for H. impeltatum and H. truncatum were determined and the first
locality records for R. praetextatus sensu stricto in Kenya are reported. |
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dc.description.availability |
Unrestricted |
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dc.description.degree |
MSc |
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dc.description.department |
Veterinary Tropical Diseases |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Kariuki, EK 2011, A survey of tick species on cattle and African buffaloes in the Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31137> |
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dc.identifier.other |
E12/4/297/gm |
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dc.identifier.upetdurl |
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08082012-153158/ |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31137 |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Pretoria |
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dc.rights |
© 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. E12/4/297/ |
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dc.subject |
UCTD |
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dc.title |
A survey of tick species on cattle and African buffaloes in the Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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