A comparison of susceptibilities to infection of four species of Hyalomma ticks with Theileria annulata.
Vet Parasitol
; 113(2): 115-21, 2003 Apr 18.
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ABSTRACT
In this comparative study unfed nymphs of four Hyalomma tick species (Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum, Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum, Hyalomma detritum and Hyalomma marginatum marginatum) were allowed to engorge on calves experimentally infected with Theileria annulata. The infection prevalence in the salivary glands of the adult female and male ticks of each Hyalomma species used in the study were assessed. The infection prevalence with T. annulata was high and did not vary markedly in the four Hyalomma tick species. The mean number of infected acini per tick in female and male ticks was different with female ticks having higher numbers of infected acini than the male ticks. The sex difference was more significant between H.a. anatolicum and H.a. excavatum than between H. detritum and H.m. marginatum. This study clarifies the roles of four Hyalomma tick species, and their sex, in the development of T. annulata.
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Vetores Aracnídeos
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Theileria annulata
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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2003
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