A survey of free-living ixodid ticks on a commercial game farm in the Thabazimbi District, Limpoppo Province, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-144

  Schroder, B ^a   Uys, A C ^b   Reilly, B K ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b North West Wildlife Veterinary Service   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Commercial game farm; Drag sampling; Free living ticks; Seasonal abundance; Tick infestation; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS; CHICKEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TIME;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33750605746     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Acocks J P H 1988 Veld types of South Africa, 3rd edn. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 57: 1-146
2. Grobler J H 1981 Parasites and mortality of sable antelope Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) in the Matopos, Zimbabwe. Koedoe 24: 119-123
3. Horak I G 1998 The relationship between ticks, hosts and the environment in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. In: Coons, L. & Rothschild, M. (eds), The Second International Conference on Tickborne Pathogens at the Host-Vector Interface: a Global Perspective, August 28- September 1995, Kruger National Park, South Africa: proceedings and abstracts, 2: 413-426
4. Horak I G 1980 The control of parasites in antelope in small game reserves. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 51: 17-19
5. Horak I G, Golezardy H, Uys A C 2006 The host status of African buffaloes, Syncerus caffer, for Boophilus decoloratus. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 73: 193-198
6. Horak I G, Potgieter F T, Walker J B, De Vos V, Boomker J 1983 The ixodid tick burdens of various large ruminant species in South African nature reserves. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 49: 85-93
7. Lightfoot C J, Norval R A I 1981 Tick problems in wildlife in Zimbabwe. 1. The effects of tick parasitism on wild ungulates. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 11: 41-45
8. Low A B, Rebelo A G 1996 Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria. South Africa.
9. Macleod J 1970 Tick infestation patterns in the Southern Province of Zambia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 60: 253-274
10. Madder M, Speybroeck N, Bilounga A, Helleputte D, Berkvens D 2005 Survival of unfed Rhipicephalus zambeziensis and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adults. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 19: 245-250.
11. Norval R A I 1981 The ticks of Zimbabwe. III. Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi. Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal 12: 31-35
12. Norval R A I, Walker J B, Colborne J 1982 The ecology of Rhipicephalus zambeziensis and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina, Ixodidae) with particular reference to Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 49: 181-190
13. Norval R A I, Lightfoot C J 1982 Tick problems in wildlife in Zimbabwe. Factors influencing the occurrence and abundance of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal 12: 2-9
14. O'Kelly J C, Seifert G W 1969 Relationship between resistance to Boophilus microplus, nutritional status, and blood composition of Shorthorn × Hereford cattle on high and low planes of nutrition. Australian Journal of Biological Science 22: 1497-1506
15. Petney T N, Horak I G 1988 Comparative host usage by Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum, (Acari, Ixodidae) the South African vectors of the disease heartwater. Journal of Applied Entomology 105: 490-495
16. Petney T N, Van Ark H, Spickett A M 1990 On sampling tick populations: the problem of over dispersion. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 57: 123-127
17. Rechav Y 1982 Dynamics of tick populations (Acari: Ixodidae) in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology 19: 679-700
18. Sonenshine D E, Lane R S, Nicholson W L 2002 Ticks (Ixodida). Academic Press, Florida
19. Speybroeck N, Madder M, Thulke H H, Mtambo J, Tirry J, Chaka C, Marcotty T, Berkvens D 2004 Variation in body size in the tick complex Rhipicephalus zambeziensis and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Journal of Vector Ecology 2: 347-354
20. Uys A C and Horak I G 2005. Ticks on crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 72: 339-343
21. Van Staden P J 2002 An ecological study of the plant communities of Marakele National Park. Msc thesis, University of Pretoria. South Africa
22. Young E, Basson P A 1973 Heartwater in eland. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 44: 185-186
23. Zieger U, Horak I G, Cauldwell A E 1998 Dynamics of free-living ixodid ticks on a game ranch in the Central Province, Zambia. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 65: 49-59
24. Zimmerman R H, Garris G I 1985 Sampling efficiency of 3 dragging techniques for the collection of nonparasitic Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae in Puerto Rico. Journal of Economic Entomology 78: 627-631