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Table 2 Species composition and total number of ticks collected from goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, in November 2013

From: Amblyomma hebraeum is the predominant tick species on goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province South Africa and is co-infected with Ehrlichia ruminantium and Rickettsia africae

Village

No. of goats

Adults

Nymphs

Larvae

Total

AH

RM

A

R

Athol

10

13

3

102

2

48

168

Clare (H1)

7

32

 

16

 

17

65

Clare (H2)

10

34

 

51

 

5

90

Cortenburg

9

40

 

58

10

96

204

Gottenburg-C

19

67

7

88

 

41

203

Hlavekisa

15

71

 

304

 

85

460

Hluvukani (H1)

10

15

 

102

 

46

163

Hluvukani (H2)

14

17

4

20

3

9

53

Ludlow

6

6

11

114

2

24

157

Phungue

7

9

 

30

 

3

42

Share

5

48

4

17

 

3

72

Seville (H1)

13

16

4

62

 

66

148

Seville (H2)

10

45

 

97

 

68

210

Thorndale

13

37

1

156

1

97

292

Timbavati

9

22

1

67

1

10

101

Utha (H1)

7

33

 

50

 

46

129

Utha (H2)

7

9

 

68

 

28

105

Welverdiend

13

8

 

28

 

34

70

Total

184

522

35

1430

19

726

2732

  1. Abbreviations: H1, Household 1; H2, Household 2; AH, Amblyomma hebraeum; RM, Rhipicephalus microplus; A, Amblyomma; R, Rhipicephalus
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