Displacement of Boophilus decoloratus by Boophilus microplus in the Soutpansberg region, Limpopo Province, South Africa

• Published in: Experimental & applied acarology Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 199 - 208
• Main Authors: Tonnesen, M.H, Penzhorn, B.L, Bryson, N.R, Stoltsz, W.H, Masibigiri, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.01.2004; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Boophilus decoloratus; Boophilus microplus; Cattle; cattle dip tanks; Cattle Diseases - parasitology; Climatic conditions; Commercial farms; competitive exclusion; ecological invasion; farms; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; geographical distribution; Ixodidae; Ixodidae - classification; Ixodidae - growth & development; Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control; South Africa; surveys; tick control; tick infestations; Tick Infestations - parasitology; Tick Infestations - veterinary; ticks; Vectors. Intermediate hosts; South Africa; Africa; Parasitiformes; Protozoal disease; Competitive exclusion; Parasite; Parasitosis; Babesiasis; Infection; Arachnida; Population survey; Acari; Geographic distribution; Ixodida; Arthropoda; Interspecific competition; Boophilus microplus; Livestock; Ectoparasite; Invertebrata; Sanitary surveillance; Vector; Ixodidae

Boophilus ticks (n = 25,987) were collected from cattle at 30 communal dip tanks and five commercial farms in the Soutpansberg region, Limpopo Province, South Africa, between May 1999 and December 2001. Only 6.6% were Boophilus decoloratus, while 93.4% were Boophilus microplus, a tick that had not b...