Table 4 Cumulative counts and mean loads ± SE of tick species according to age groups of cattle
Tick species | Cumulative counts | Mean tick load ± SE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calves | Juveniles | Adults | Calves | Juveniles | Adults | |
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus | 56 | 197 | 1637 | 4.0 ± 1.2 | 6.0 ± 1.7 | 9.0 ± 0.9 |
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus | 16 | 104 | 699 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 3.9 ± 0.4 |
Rhipicephalus guilhoni | 27 | 54 | 353 | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 1.6 ± 0.7 | 1.9 ± 0.6 |
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) geigyi | 7 | 27 | 272 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.2 |
Hyalomma truncatum | 15 | 87 | 579 | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 0.4 |
Amblyomma variegatum | 12 | 42 | 307 | 0.9 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.2 |
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. | 1 | 32 | 172 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.1 |
Rhipicephalus simus Group | 7 | 33 | 199 | 0.5 ± 0.4 | 1.0 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 0.2 |
Rhipicephalus turanicus | 1 | 10 | 28 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.3 | 0.1 ± 0.1 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 0.02 ± 0.01 |
Hyalomma rufipes | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0.1 ± 0.04 | 0.1 ± 0.04 |
Rhipicephalus lunulatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 ± 0.01 |