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Table 1 Cumulative tick counts, mean tick loads ± standard error (SE) according to the villages sampled

From: Ixodid ticks of traditionally managed cattle in central Nigeria: where Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus does not dare (yet?)

Village name

No. of cattle sampled

Total cattle population

No. of ticks collected

Mean tick count/animal ± SE

Ruff

15

154

322

21.5 ± 3.65

Mangar

15

1373

697

46.5 ± 7.91

Tambes

16

854

301

18.8 ± 4.4

Daffo

21

2933

686

32.7 ± 5.6

Ampang West

22

790

168

7.6 ± 1.5

Hurti

23

1011

594

25.8 ± 4.3

Badni

27

383

851

31.5 ± 3.3

Bokkos

36

2142

608

16.9 ± 2.1

Maiyanga

53

2543

784

14.8 ± 2.4

Total

228

12183

5,011

22 ± 1.4