RESUMEN
A capture operation to ascertain health status in free-ranging buffaloes from six different areas in the Caprivi Strip in the northeast corner of Namibia was conducted in October 2009. Basic information on the ticks and tick-borne pathogens normally found in wildlife from this area are scarce. The objective of this study was to assess the host status of African buffaloes, Syncerus caffer, for ixodid ticks and two selected tick-borne pathogens in the Caprivi Strip, a key area bordering Angola, Zambia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Four different tick species have been identified among the 233 collected specimens, and, of 95 tested buffaloes, 54 (57%) were positive for Theileria parva, whereas only 3 (3%) showed evidence of being infected with Ehrlichia ruminantium.
Asunto(s)
Ehrlichia ruminantium/aislamiento & purificación , Hidropericardio/epidemiología , Theileria parva/aislamiento & purificación , Theileriosis/epidemiología , Infestaciones por Garrapatas/veterinaria , Enfermedades por Picaduras de Garrapatas/veterinaria , Animales , Búfalos , Hidropericardio/microbiología , Ixodidae , Namibia/epidemiología , Theileriosis/parasitología , Infestaciones por Garrapatas/epidemiología , Enfermedades por Picaduras de Garrapatas/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
African horse sickness is a vector-transmitted viral disease that affects equidae. The authors report cases of disease that occurred in Namibia between 2006 and 2008. These were recorded by staff of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale' and the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Windhoek. All cases described were confirmed by laboratory testing. This study received the support of Namibian state and private veterinarians and horse breeders.
