A Survey of Free-living Ixodid Ticks on a Commercial Game Farm in the Thabazimbi District, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Journal J S Afr Vet Assoc

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2006 Dec 2

PMID 17137055

Citations 6

Authors

B Schroder

A C Uys

B K Reilly

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Abstract

Free-living stages of ticks on a commercial game farm in the Thabazimbi District, Limpopo Province, South Africa, were collected by drag-sampling with flannel strips during the period September 2003 to August 2004. A total of 5 tick species was collected from 4 sites. Boophilus decoloratus was the most abundant species, followed by Amblyomma hebraeum. Seasonal abundance of the ticks was quantified and an optimum time to implement control measures against the ticks is proposed.

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