Ecological studies of ixodid ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in Zambia. II. Ticks found on small mammals and birds

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Colbo ◽  
J. MacLeod
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Ecological Studies

AbstractTicks were collected from 2136 small mammals, comprising 5 bats (5 species), 14 elephant shrews (3 species), 84 Crocidura shrews (5 species), 25 hares (1 species), 10 small carnivores (3 species), 3 hyraxes (1 species) 1998 rodents (33 species), and from 41 birds (19 species) at various localities in Zambia. From these hosts 6568 ticks (4384 larvae, 1686 nymphs, 317 males and 181 females) were recovered. Twenty-three species were positively identified and nineteen other species were assigned to genus or species-group. Host and tick records are tabulated by regions collected and for each of the two regions with the largest collections, the records are tabulated by months. The ticks collected in the high montane area near the Malawi border differed significantly from collections in other areas studied, reflecting host and climate differences. In the two areas tabulated by month, most of the immature ticks were recovered in the cool dry winter months (April to August).

Abundance of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Small Mammals in Forest Biotopes of the Middle Taiga Subzone of Karelia

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
L. A. Bespyatova ◽  
S. V. Bugmyrin ◽  
S. A. Kutenkov ◽  
I. A. Nikonorova
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Middle Taiga ◽  
Middle Taiga Subzone

scholarly journals Small mammals as hosts of immature ixodid ticks

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.G. Horak ◽  
L.J. Fourie ◽  
L.E.O. Braack
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Free State ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Rhabdomys Pumilio ◽  
Haemaphysalis Leachi ◽  
Lepus Capensis ◽  
Multimammate Mice

Two hundred and twenty-five small mammals belonging to 16 species were examined for ticks in Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa, and 18 ixodid tick species, of which two could only be identified to genus level, were recovered. Scrub hares, Lepus saxatilis, and Cape hares, Lepus capensis, harboured the largest number of tick species. In Free State Province Namaqua rock mice, Aethomys namaquensis, and four-striped grass mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, were good hosts of the immature stages of Haemaphysalis leachi and Rhipicephalus gertrudae, while in Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces red veld rats, Aethomys chrysophilus, Namaqua rock mice and Natal multimammate mice, Mastomys natalensis were good hosts of H. leachi and Rhipicephalus simus. Haemaphysalis leachi was the only tick recovered from animals in all three provinces.

Ecological studies of ixodid ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in Zambia. I. Cattle as hosts of the larvae of Amblyomma variegatum (F.) and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus neum.

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
John MacLeod ◽  
M. H. Colbo
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus ◽  
Amblyomma Variegatum ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Alternative Hosts ◽  
Patch Sampling

AbstractThe roles of cattle and alternative hosts in maintaining the immature stages of Amblyomma variegatum (F.) and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neum. are unknown. Weekly collections of ticks from cattle in two herds in Zambia indicated an apparently higher nymph-adult ratio in the annual totals for A. variegatum than for R. appendiculatus. The larva-nymph ratios for these herds were estimated by a patch-sampling method in which all larvae and nymphs on 100 cm2 areas on the cheek, neck, dewlap, shoulder, ribs, abdomen and lower-foreleg were collected. The overall annual ratios of larvae to nymphs on the two herds were: A. variegatum 5:1 and 14:1, R. appendiculatus 1·5:1 in both herds. The ratios suggest that cattle themselves feed larvae of A. variegatum in sufficient numbers to maintain their nymphal infestation level. The numbers of cattle-fed larvae of R. appendiculatus may not be adequate for this, and alternative hosts may play an important part in maintaining the population at existing levels. There was negligible evidence of significant shift of distribution of the immature stages over the body with advancing season, and it is suggested that patch-sampling affords a method of quantitative comparison of the relative infestations by the immature stages of ticks.

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Diversity in Ixodid Ticks and Small Mammals in South-Western Siberia, Russia

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 541-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina N. Bakhvalova ◽  
Galina S. Chicherina ◽  
Olga F. Potapova ◽  
Victor V. Panov ◽  
Victor V. Glupov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Encephalitis Virus ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Virus Diversity ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus

scholarly journals Regression mathematical modeling of the population of mouse-like rodents, hosts of blood-sucking arthropods in the Non-Black Earth Zone by the example of the Kaluga Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
F. I. Vasilevich ◽  
A. M. Nikanorova ◽  
V. V. Kalmykov ◽  
A. I. Selyutina
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Blood Sucking ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Kaluga Region

The purpose of the research is a regression mathematical modeling of the population of small mammals, hosts of ixodid ticks in the Kaluga Region, which allows assessing the likelihood of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.Materials and methods. For 10 years (from 2009 to 2019), a 2k multifactorial experiment was performed in the field by the method of V. V. Kalmykov (2016). The study object was mouse-like rodents that are the most common in the Kaluga Region. Rodents were counted by standard methods using techniques of V. N. Shnitnikov (1929), P. B. Yurgenson (1934) and A. N. Formozov (1937). The generally accepted steel spring traps were used. Animals were counted throughout all habitats.Results and discussion. Regression mathematical models of the mouse-like rodent population were obtained depending on the average monthly temperature, precipitation and atmospheric pressure for the year in the Non-Black Earth Zone by the example of the Kaluga Region. The specific nature of the obtained analytical model is that the greatest influence on the population of small mammals is made by the interaction effect of two factors, temperature and atmospheric pressure. Their impact is more significant than the influence of each of the three study factors separately, in particular, it is stronger than the only influence of temperature by 1.02, the only impact of precipitation by 2.58, and the only impact of atmospheric pressure by 2.72. The analytic mathematical model allows us to calculate, without significant material or time costs, populations of mouse-like rodents not only in the Kaluga Region, but also in regions with similar climate conditions.

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