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Table 5 Mean number of Amblyomma hebraeum ticks per goat collected in each sampling period

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

Period

Amblyomma hebraeum

Ratio adult:nymph

Adults

Nymphs

July 2013

0.2

10.8

1:55.1

November 2013

2.8

7.8

1:2.7

March 2014

1.3

7.5

1:5.8

July 2014

0.7

19.7

1:27.6

  1. Notes: A highly significant (P < 0.01) difference of A. hebraeum adults per goat was found between July 2013 and November 2013 (U(93) = 3, Z = 4.93424, P < 0.00001); between November 2013 and March 2014 (U(93) = 69.5, Z = 2.73941, P = 0.00614); between November 2013 and July 2014 (U(86) = 30, Z = 3.91612, P = 0.00008); and between July 2013 and March 2014 (U(87) = 36, Z = -3.7199, P = 0.0002). A highly significant (P < 0.01) difference of A. hebraeum nymphs per goat was found between November 2013 and July 2014 (U(86) = 32.5, Z = -3.82986, P = 0.00012) as well as between March 2014 and July 2014 (U(81) = 28, Z = -3.87236, P = 0.0001)
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