Assessment of natural ixodid tick infestations in sheep

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cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4488(99)00009-7en
cg.issn0921-4488en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalSmall Ruminant Researchen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.volume33en
dc.contributor.authorOgore, P.B.en
dc.contributor.authorBaker, R.L.en
dc.contributor.authorKenyanjui, M.en
dc.contributor.authorThorpe, W.R.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-11T09:24:14Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-11T09:24:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/29621
dc.titleAssessment of natural ixodid tick infestations in sheepen
dcterms.abstractAssessment of adult female tick burden was performed on 160,151 and 150 yearling sheep in coastal Kenya at the end of three consecutive infestation periods, respectively. The main attachment sites of fully engorged female ticks were ears, head, body sides, perianal and scrotal/udder regions. Averaged over the three sampling periods, 87 percent of the ticks counted were on the ears. The correlation between tick count on the ears and total body tick count was high (0.97). The average repeatability for two recorders of tick counts on the ears and the whole body was similar and high (0.95 and 0.93, respectively). The results suggest the ear tick count is a good indicator of tick burden on sheep exposed to natural tick challenge consisting predominantly of Rhipicephalus appendicultatus and R. evertsi.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSmall Ruminant Research;33(2): 103-107en
dcterms.extentp. 103-107en
dcterms.issued1999-07en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.subjectmetastigmataen
dcterms.subjectixodidaeen
dcterms.subjectrhipicephalusen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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