Tick ecological studies at Did Tuyura ranch on Boran cattle in Ethiopia

cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Veterinary Associationen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen
cg.species.breedETHIOPIAN BORANen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen
dc.contributor.authorGebre, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:03:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:03:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/70859
dc.titleTick ecological studies at Did Tuyura ranch on Boran cattle in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractTick populations were observed for a period of 12 months, from October 1991 to September 1992 at monthly intervals on ten Boran (Bos indicus) heifers found at Did Tuyura Ranch in Ethiopia. Four Genera and 12 different tick species were identified from a total of 32052 ticks collected. Of all the ticks collected Rhipicephalus constituted 84.7%; Amblyoma 9.8%; Boophilus 4.8% and Hyaloma 0.4%. The four major tick species recorded in decreasing order of abundance were Rhiphicephalus pulchellus (82.39%); Amblyomma variegatum (7.4%); Boophilus decoloratus (4.7%) and Amblyomma gemma (2.46%). The relative abundance of adult and standard size ticks of these species, their predilection feeding sites, sex ratio and seasonal fluctuations in numbers are discussed in relation to control measures. Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis and Theileriosis (T.mutans) were confined parasitologicaly (Blood smears) and serologically (ELISA) in the ranch with seroprevalence rate of 94.68%, 77.19% and 30.9% for anplasmosis, babisiosis and theiriolosis respectively. The packed cell volume (PCV) value was monitored monthly during all the study period. The result of the study indicated that, although dramatic decrease of PCV was observed during dry season of the year, generally PCV value was within normal range.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.issued1994
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherEVAen
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen
dcterms.subjectmetastigmataen
dcterms.subjecttickborne diseasesen
dcterms.subjectanimal ecologyen
dcterms.subjectdata analysisen
dcterms.subjectfaunaen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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