Review of cattle ticks (Acari, Ixodida) in Ivory Coast and geographic distribution of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, an emerging tick in West Africa
| Autor: | Y. G. Yapi, L. Achi, O. M. Boka, M. Kone, A. Azokou, P. Yao, K. Dagnogo, H. Adakal, Y. Y. Kaboret |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ixodidae 030231 tropical medicine Population Zoology Cattle Diseases Tick 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rhipicephalus Animals Acari education education.field_of_study Ecology biology General Medicine biology.organism_classification Tick Infestations 010602 entomology Cote d'Ivoire Animal ecology Insect Science Cattle Subgenus Hyalomma Introduced Species Amblyomma variegatum |
| Zdroj: | Experimentalapplied acarology. 71(4) |
| ISSN: | 1572-9702 |
| Popis: | The exotic tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus was discovered in Ivory Coast in 2007 and then gradually in other countries in West Africa. It is known to induce significant losses in farming and to replace other species of the same genus. In order to contribute to improve health and productivity of cattle in Ivory Coast regarding the emergence of this dreaded tick, a study was conducted to determine the current geographic distribution of the tick R. (B.) microplus and review cattle ticks in general. To this end, 23,460 ticks were collected from 180 farms located throughout the country. Ten species of ticks belonging to the genus Rhipicephalus (including those of the subgenus Boophilus), Hyalomma and Ambyomma were identified. It was found that the exotic tick R. (B.) microplus has invaded the entire Ivorian territory and is now the main cattle tick (63.6% of ticks collected), followed by Amblyomma variegatum that remains still dominant in the North. The population of indigenous species of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) is in drastic decline. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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