Ticks on crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena, and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa : research communication
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
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| Title | Ticks on crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena, and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa : research communication | |
| Creator | Uys, A.C. Horak, I.G. | |
| Description | Ticks were collected at approximately bi-monthly intervals between June 1996 and June 1997 from crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena, and from the vegetation on a mixed cattle and wildlife farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The birds were infested with the immature stages of 13 tick species, of which Amblyomma hebraeum, Amblyomma marmoreum and Hyalomma marginatumrufipes were the most numerous and prevalent. Ten ixodid tick species were collected from the vegetation, of which the immature stages of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus and Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi were the most numerous. No adult ticks were collected from the birds and only two from the vegetation. The restricted home range of crested francolins implies that they could serve as a source of tick infestation only for other animals within the same habitat as the birds. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2005-09-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v72i4.191 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 72, No 4 (2005); 339-343 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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