scholarly journals Distribution of endemic and introduced tick species in Free State Province, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan G. Horak ◽  
Adri J. Jordaan ◽  
Pierre J. Nel ◽  
Joseph Van Heerden ◽  
Heloise Heyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus ◽  
Free State ◽  
The West ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Ornithodoros Savignyi ◽  
The North ◽  
Numida Meleagris ◽  
Domestic Livestock

The distributions of endemic tick vector species as well as the presence of species not endemic to Free State Province, South Africa, were determined during surveys or opportunistic collections from livestock, wildlife and vegetation. Amongst endemic ticks, the presence of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was confirmed in the north of the province, whilst Rhipicephalus decoloratus was collected at 31 localities mostly in the centre and east, and Ixodes rubicundus at 11 localities in the south, south-west and centre of the province. Amongst the non-endemic species adult Amblyomma hebraeum were collected from white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) on four privately owned farms, whilst the adults of Rhipicephalus microplus were collected from cattle and a larva from vegetation at four localities in the east of the province. The collection of Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus from a sheep in the west of the province is the second record of its presence in the Free State, whereas the presence of Haemaphysalis silacea on helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) and vegetation in the centre of the province represents a first record for this species in the Free State. The first collection of the argasid tick, Ornithodoros savignyi, in the Free State was made from a domestic cow and from soil in the west of the province. The localities at which the ticks were collected have been plotted and the ticks’ role in the transmission or cause of disease in domestic livestock and wildlife is discussed.

scholarly journals Birds as hosts of immature ixodid ticks in Free State Province, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Van Niekerk ◽  
L.J. Fourie ◽  
I.G. Horak
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free State ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Numida Meleagris ◽  
Hyalomma Marginatum

The objective of this study was to determine the species spectrum of ixodid ticks infesting birds in Free State Province, South Africa. To this end a large number of birds belonging to several species were examined for ticks and a total of 180 birds belonging to 39 species at 17 localities were infested, and ticks belonging to eight species were recovered. The immature stages of only two, namely Amblyomma marmoreum and Hyalomma marginatum rufipes, were sufficiently prevalent and numerous to safely assume that they regularly use birds as hosts. Helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, were the most heavily infested and one harboured a total of 319 larvae and four nymphs. Amongst the other species an eastern clapper lark, Mirafra fasciolata, was infested with 69 larvae and a nymph, but no other bird harboured more than 40 ticks. The larvae and nymphs of H. m. rufipes were most numerous on birds from April to August.

EVIDENCE FOR LAND DEGRADATION FROM AEOLIAN SEDIMENT IN THE WEST-CENTRAL FREE STATE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Holmes ◽  
D. S. G. Thomas ◽  
M. D. Bateman ◽  
G. F. S. Wiggs ◽  
M. Rabumbulu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Free State ◽  
The West ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
West Central ◽  
Aeolian Sediment

scholarly journals First record of a cyanobacterium Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) in Africa

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 827-832
Author(s):  
Louis Maree ◽  
Sanet Janse van Vuuren ◽  
Anatoliy Levanets ◽  
Jonathan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Free State ◽  
Nitrogen Fixing ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
Microscope Images

Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns is a nitrogen fixing, subaerial cyanobacterium characterized by a blue-green trichome surrounded by a very broad, lamellated mucous sheath. It typically grows on dripping limestone rocks in temperate regions, but it has also been observed in some calcareous lakes and limestone springs. Although the species is known to be present in the Americas, Europe and Asia, no records could be found for its presence in Africa. In the last decade, it was sampled twice from rock surfaces in cave overhangs in the Free State Province of South Africa, representing a first record of its presence in Africa. A taxonomic description, microscope images as well as detailed geographical distributions of P. alatum are provided.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in horses belonging to resource-poor farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Y. Motloang ◽  
O. M.M. Thekisoe ◽  
A. Alhassan ◽  
M. Bakheit ◽  
M. P. Motheo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Free State ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Theileria Equi ◽  
Babesia Caballi ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Eastern Free State

The prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africa was determined by examination of thin and thick Giemsa-stained blood smears, IFAT and PCR. No parasites were detected by microscopy from any blood samples collected at five study sites, Qwaqwa, Kestell, Harrismith, Vrede and Warden. Of the tested serum samples, 28/29 (96.5%), 20/21 (95.2%) nd 42/42( 100%) were positive by IFAT for T. equi infections in Harrismith, Kestell and Qwaqwa, respectively, and 5/29 (17.2%), 13/21 (61.9%) and 30/42 (71.4%) were sero-positive for B. caballi infections in Harrismith, Kestell and Qwaqwa, respectively A. ll DNA samples from the study sites were negative for B. caballi infections by PCR, but five samples, two from each of Kestell and Warden and one from Vrede, were PCR positive for T. equi infections. The high prevalence of antibodies against T. equi and B. caballiin the sampled horses indicates that the animals had been exposed to T. equi and B. caballi infections but the absence of parasitaemia and very low number of positive PCR samples, however, imply that T. equi and B. caballie are endemically stable in the north-eastern Free State Province.

scholarly journals Evaluation of an inverse distance weighting method for patching daily and dekadal rainfall over the Free State Province, South Africa

Water SA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi ◽  
Zakhele Phumlani Shabalala ◽  
Gert De Nysschen ◽  
Sue Walker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Inverse Distance Weighting ◽  
Free State ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Distance Weighting ◽  
Inverse Distance

First hominine remains from a ∼1.0 million year old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Brink ◽  
Andy I.R. Herries ◽  
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi ◽  
John A.J. Gowlett ◽  
C. Britt Bousman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Free State ◽  
Free State Province
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