Ixodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.authorHove, T.
dc.contributor.authorMukandi, R.
dc.contributor.authorBere, M.
dc.contributor.authorHorak, Ivan Gerard
dc.contributor.authorLatif, Abdalla A.
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-25T10:07:46Z
dc.date.available2009-04-25T10:07:46Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the species spectrum of ticks infesting goats owned by resource-limited farmers in the state-owned communal land areas of Zimbabwe. Ticks were collected from goats at a single locality within each of 5 communal land areas, and a total of 14 ixodid tick species was recovered. The most numerous tick was Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, which was present in all areas at each sampling, and a Rhipicephalus sp. (near R. punctatus), which was most abundant on goats in the central regions of Zimbabwe during the March rainy season. Amblyomma hebraeum was present on goats in all areas sampled. In the eastern central region its distribution overlapped that of Amblyomma variegatum, while in the northwest it overlapped those of both Amblyomma marmoreum and A. variegatum. Hyalomma truncatum was present at all localities, whereas only a single Hyalomma rufipes was recovered. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was collected from goats in the moist, slightly cooler regions, while the few Rhipicephalus zambeziensis recovered were present in the hotter, drier regions. Species recorded in lower numbers were Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, Rhipicephalus lunulatus, Rhipicephalus simus, Rhipicephalus tricuspis and Rhipicephalus turanicus. Attachment in the inter-digital space of adult A. hebreaum and H. truncatum was sometimes associated with lameness.en
dc.identifier.citationHove, T, Mukandi, R, Bere, M, Horak, IG & Latif, AA 2008, ‘Ixodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabwe’, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 116–120. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_savet.html]en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2809
dc.identifier.other7102989086
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/9764
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSouth African Veterinary Associationen
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dc.rightsSouth African Veterinary Associationen
dc.subjectCommunal landen
dc.subjectDomestic goatsen
dc.subjectIxodid ticksen
dc.subject.lcshTicks -- Zimbabween
dc.subject.lcshHost-parasite relationshipsen
dc.subject.lcshIxodidaeen
dc.subject.lcshGoats -- Parasites -- Zimbabween
dc.subject.lcshGoatsen
dc.subject.lcshCommons
dc.titleIxodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabween
dc.typeArticleen

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