Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya

The prevalence of ticks in cattle, sheep and goats in three group ranches in the arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya was studied. Four differet genera were identified from a total of 2,546 ticks collected. Of all the ticks collected, Rhipicephalus constituted 80.45 percent, Amblyomma 16.3 percent...

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Autores principales: Ndarathi, C.M., Waghela, S., Semenye, P.P.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1989
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29310
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author Ndarathi, C.M.
Waghela, S.
Semenye, P.P.
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description The prevalence of ticks in cattle, sheep and goats in three group ranches in the arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya was studied. Four differet genera were identified from a total of 2,546 ticks collected. Of all the ticks collected, Rhipicephalus constituted 80.45 percent, Amblyomma 16.3 percent, Hyalomma 2.64 percent and Boophilus 0.6 percent. Anaplasmosis, theileriosis and babesiosis were identified from blood and lymph nodes smears of animals from which the ticks were collected. The prevalence of these tick-borne diseases was 3.9 percent, 2.6 percent and 0.4 percent for anaplasmosis, theileriosis and babesiosis respectively.
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spelling CGSpace293102023-02-15T10:17:07Z Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya Ndarathi, C.M. Waghela, S. Semenye, P.P. ticks disease prevalence rangelands cattle sheep goats species The prevalence of ticks in cattle, sheep and goats in three group ranches in the arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya was studied. Four differet genera were identified from a total of 2,546 ticks collected. Of all the ticks collected, Rhipicephalus constituted 80.45 percent, Amblyomma 16.3 percent, Hyalomma 2.64 percent and Boophilus 0.6 percent. Anaplasmosis, theileriosis and babesiosis were identified from blood and lymph nodes smears of animals from which the ticks were collected. The prevalence of these tick-borne diseases was 3.9 percent, 2.6 percent and 0.4 percent for anaplasmosis, theileriosis and babesiosis respectively. 1989 2013-06-11T09:23:08Z 2013-06-11T09:23:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29310 en Limited Access OAU/STRC Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa;37(3): 209-212
spellingShingle ticks
disease prevalence
rangelands
cattle
sheep
goats
species
Ndarathi, C.M.
Waghela, S.
Semenye, P.P.
Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title_full Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title_fullStr Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title_short Prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in Kajiado District, Kenya
title_sort prevalence of ticks on rangeland domestic ruminants in kajiado district kenya
topic ticks
disease prevalence
rangelands
cattle
sheep
goats
species
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29310
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