Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of small antelopes : steenbok, Raphicerus campestris and suni, Neotragus moschatus : research communication
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of small antelopes : steenbok, Raphicerus campestris and suni, Neotragus moschatus : research communication | |
| Creator | Golezardy, H. Horak, I.G. | |
| Description | During surveys on the tick burdens of various wildlife species in South Africa, nine small antelopes became available for study. Six of these were steenbok, Raphicerus campestris and three sunis, Neotragus moschatus, and their tick burdens are recorded here. The steenbok were examined in three nature reserves and harboured nine tick species. The sunis were examined in a fourth reserve and were infested with eight species. The steenbok and sunis were generally infested with the immature stages of the same tick species that infest larger animals in the same geographic regions. In addition the sunis harboured Haemaphysalis parmata, which in South Africa is present only in the eastern and north-eastern coastal and adjacent areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province. They were also infested with Rhipicephalus kochi, which in South Africa occurs only in the far north-east of the KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2006-09-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v73i3.150 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 73, No 3 (2006); 233-236 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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