Ixodid ticks on domestic dogs in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and in Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorMatthee S.
dc.contributor.authorLovely C.
dc.contributor.authorGaugler A.
dc.contributor.authorBeeker R.
dc.contributor.authorVenter H.R.
dc.contributor.authorHorak I.G.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:56:59Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:56:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine the species composition of ixodid ticks infesting domestic dogs in the northwestern region of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and in Namibia. Ticks were collected from February 2008 to January 2009 from dogs presented for a variety of reasons at a veterinary clinic in the Northern Cape Province and at 3 clinics in Namibia. The ticks collected at each place were pooled separately for each month at each locality. Eleven ixodid tick species were collected from dogs in the Northern Cape Province and new locality records for Haemaphysalis colesbergensis and Ixodes rubicundus, new locality and host records for Hyalomma glabrum, and a new host record for Rhipicephalus neumanni are reported. Six tick species were collected from dogs at the 3 clinics in Namibia. The most numerous species on dogs in both countries was R. sanguineus. The present results increase the total number of ixodid tick species collected from dogs in South Africa from 25 to 28.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of the South African Veterinary Association
dc.identifier.citation81
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn10199128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10149
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectdog
dc.subjectIxodes
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectRhipicephalus
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectspecies composition
dc.subjecttick
dc.subjecttick infestation
dc.subjectveterinary medicine
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectDog Diseases
dc.subjectDogs
dc.subjectIxodidae
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectTick Infestations
dc.subjectCanis familiaris
dc.subjectHaemaphysalis
dc.subjectHyalomma
dc.subjectIxodes rubicundus
dc.subjectIxodida
dc.subjectRhipicephalus
dc.subjectRhipicephalus sanguineus
dc.titleIxodid ticks on domestic dogs in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and in Namibia
dc.typeArticle
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