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Shifts in the distribution of ixodid ticks parasitizing cattle in Z imbabwe
Author(s) -
SUNGIRAI M.,
ABATIH E. N.,
MOYO D. Z.,
CLERCQ P. De,
MADDER M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/mve.12215
Subject(s) - biology , distribution (mathematics) , zoology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
. In an attempt to update information on the ecological distribution of ixodid ticks ( I xodida: I xodidae) in Z imbabwe, a cross‐sectional survey was carried out between S eptember 2013 and M ay 2015 at 322 dip tanks. A total of 15 tick species were collected, namely: A mblyomma hebraeum K och (65.2%, n = 210/322), A mblyomma variegatum F abricius (14.9%, n = 48/322), H yalomma rufipes K och (62.4%, n = 201/322), H yalomma truncatum K och (37.9%, n = 122/322), R hipicephalus appendiculatus N eumann (60.6%, n = 195/322), R hipicephalus compositus N eumann (0.3%, n = 1/322,), R hipicephalus decoloratus K och (61.8%, n = 199/322), R hipicephalus evertsi evertsi N eumann (65.2%, n = 210/322), R hipicephalus lunulatus N eumann (4%, n = 13/322), R hipicephalus microplus C anestrini (32%, n = 103/322), R hipicephalus near punctatus W alker and H orak (7.1%, n = 23/322), R hipicephalus simus K och (5.6%, n = 18/322) and R hipicephalus cf. turanicus P omerantsev (3.4%, n = 11/322). Compared with previous surveys, changes in the distribution of A . hebraeum , A . variegatum and R . microplus were recorded. The distributions of other tick species have largely remained unchanged. Factors which might have influenced these changes and the possible impacts on the epidemiology of tick‐borne diseases are discussed.