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Table 2 Seasonal abundance estimates (number of ticks per host and per month)

From: Community structure, seasonal variations and interactions between native and invasive cattle tick species in Benin and Burkina Faso

Site

Taxon

Seasonal abundance estimates

  

High

Medium

Low

1A

A. variegatum

9.3 ± 1.9

2.6 ± 0.6

0.8 ± 0.2

 

Rhipicephalus spp

18 ± 1.0

6.2 ± 1.0

0.6 ± 0.4

 

R. microplus

16 ± 4.0

4.8 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.2

1 K

A. variegatum

0.6 ± 0.2

0.2 ± 0.1

0.04 ± 0.02

 

Rhipicephalus spp

2.3 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.2

0.08 ± 0.08

 

R. annulatus

 

0.9 ± 0.2

 
 

R. decoloratus

 

0.8 ± 0.1

 
 

R. microplus

30 ± 5.5

 

18 ± 3.7

1O

A. variegatum

4.0 ± 0.4

2.5 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.3

 

Rhipicephalus spp

 

1.4 ± 0.4

0.2 ± 0.07

 

R. annulatus

 

3.3 ± 0.2

 
 

R. microplus

15 ± 1.34

8 ± 1.0

1.5 ± 0.7

2G

Hyalomma spp

2.9 ± 0.5

0.3 ± 0.2

0.07 ± 0.2

 

A. variegatum

8.3 ± 1.3

2.7 ± 0.5

0.5 ± 0.1

 

Rhipicephalus spp

 

2.6 ± 0.4

 
 

R. annulatus

6.2 ± 3.9

2.8 ± 0.5

0.2 ± 0.1

 

R. decoloratus

 

1.9 ± 0.6

 
 

R. microplus

9.2 ± 1.8

2.5 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.2

 

R. geigyi

  

1.0 ± 0.4

2O

A. variegatum

1.5 ± 0.2

 

0.3 ± 0.1

 

Rhipicephalus spp

5.5 ± 1.0

1.2 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.1

 

R. annulatus

3.2 ± 1.6

1.3 ± 0.4

0.3 ± 0.1

 

R. decoloratus

2.3 ± 0.9

 

0.10 ± 0.05

 

R. microplus

39 ± 5.5

20 ± 2.5

4.9 ± 1.1

 

R. geigyi

 

0.5 ± 0.1

 

3 F

Hyalomma spp

7.7 ± 1.0

4.6 ± 0.7

2.3 ± 0.8

 

A. variegatum

10 ± 2.0

2.8 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.1

 

Rhipicephalus spp

7.2 ± 1.2

0.9 ± 0.3

0.06 ± 0.02

 

R. microplus

34 ± 4.7

5.4 ± 0.8

1.2 ± 0.3

3 K

Hyalomma spp

6.8 ± 0.8

3.0 ± 0.5

1.0 ± 0.2

 

A. variegatum

8.5 ± 1.4

 

0.5 ± 0.2

 

Rhipicephalus spp

4.2 ± 0.7

 

0.2 ± 0.03

 

R. microplus

98 ± 11

7.3 ± 1.2

1.5 ± 0.5

3O

Hyalomma spp

3.5 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.1

 

A. variegatum

6.3 ± 1.3

1.0 ± 0.4

0.3 ± 0.1

 

Rhipicephalus spp

15 ± 1.7

2.3 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.1

 

R. microplus

23 ± 4.2

4.4 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.2

4 F

Hyalomma spp

3.0 ± 0.5

1.9 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.2

 

A. variegatum

 

3.0 ± 0.6

 

4 K

Hyalomma spp

4.3 ± 1.5

1.5 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.1

 

A. variegatum

1.1 ± 0.4

 

0.1 ± 0.1

4 L

Hyalomma spp

1.5 ± 0.3

 

0.3 ± 0.1

4Z

Hyalomma spp

 

0.4 ± 0.1

 
 

A. variegatum

 

0.1 ± 0.1