@article {94827, title = {SURVEY ON ARTHROPOD ECTOPARASITES ON GOATS AND DOMESTIC FOWLS IN VUNANIA, NAVRONGO, GHANA}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences}, volume = {9}, year = {2015}, month = {06-2015}, pages = {3371 - 3377}, abstract = {

Traditional free-range rural animal production system which forms an integral part of farming systems, in almost all rural communities in Ghana is characterized by mismanagement, malnutrition, theft, predation, diseases and parasites infestation resulting in high mortality and low productivity. This study assessed the types and degree of ectoparasites infestation and their distribution on the body parts of goats and domestic fowls in Vunania in order to generate a data set that could help in formulating strategies for their control in the area and its environs. Ten houses were randomly selected and adaptive sampling was employed for the selection of neighbourhood units for sample collection. Fifty goats and fifty domestic fowls of any age, one each from each house, were randomly selected for screening for ectoparasites using hand picking and brushing. The ectoparasites collected were transferred to laboratory for processing and identification. About 76\% of the studied goats and 84\% of domestic fowls were infested with ticks, fleas, and mites respectively, while lice were recorded in domestic fowls only. The estimated populations of ectoparasites of all kinds on goats and domestic fowls were 4,110 and 9,688, respectively. In goats, the ears and underside of limbs were preferred by ticks and mites while fleas were common around the neck and back regions of the body. In domestic fowls, lice and fleas were distributed almost on all the body parts, although fleas preferred the vent. Lice were, conversely, found around the neck, back, and the chest. Ticks particularly liked the underside of limbs, the chest and the wings. The presence of the ectoparasites calls for stringent control efforts to curtail their health effects and more research to ascertain their negative effects on the livestock industry in the study area.

}, keywords = {arthropod, domestic fowl, ectoparasite, free-ranging production system, goat}, issn = {1715-9997/eISSN 1920-3853}, url = {http://www.cjpas.net/single-article/?id=1698}, author = {Elijah Dakorah Angyiereyiri and I. Sackey and M.S.T. Bonu-Ire} } @article {40209, title = {Arthropod parasites of impalas in the Kruger national park with particular reference to ticks}, journal = {South African Journal of Wildlife Research}, volume = {25}, year = {1995}, month = {1995}, pages = {123 - 126}, abstract = {

Adult male and female impalas Aepyceros melampus were examined for ectoparasites at monthly intervals for a period of 17 and 15 months, respectively, at Skukuza and north of Malelane in the southern Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa. A total of 34 male and 31 female impalas were examined and Boophilus decoloratus was the most abundant and prevalent ixodid tick collected. In addition to this tick of which both the mean immature and adult burdens were large, the impalas also harboured large numbers of immature and few adult ticks of other species. Comparisons were also made between male and female animals and between the two localities for the six major tick species and four louse species collected. Male animals from north of Malelane harboured significantly more (p\<0.05) adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus than did females from the same locality, which in turn harboured significantly more Damalinia aepycerus than the males. There were no differences in the tick and lice burdens between male and female impalas examined around Skukuza. Significantly more (p\<0.05) Amblyomma hebraeum immatures, Amblyomma marmoreum larvae, Damalinia elongata nymphs and adults and D. aepycerus nymphs, and significantly fewer (p\<0.05) Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi immatures and R. appendiculatus nymphs were collected from impalas around Skukuza than from those examined north of Malelane. In addition the life stage compositions of populations of various ixodid tick species were compared on impalas, kudus, nyalas and cattle from several localities. With few exceptions the cattle harboured greater percentages of adult A. hebraeum, R. appendiculatus and R. evertsi evertsi than did the antelopes, which conversely harboured greater percentages of immature ticks.

}, keywords = {amblyomma, animals, antelope, arthropod, cattle, ectoparasite, host, impala, ixodidae, lice, northern, parasite, South Africa, ticks, Transvaal, wild}, url = {https://journals.co.za/content/wild/25/4/EJC116983}, author = {Horak,Ivan G. and Fourie,L. J. and van Zyl,J. M.} } @article {40060, title = {Ecto- and endoparasites of introduced gemsbok in the Orange Free State}, journal = {South African Journal of Wildlife Research}, volume = {21}, year = {1991}, month = {1991}, pages = {82 - 87}, abstract = {

The gemsbok, Oryx gazella, is an introduced species in the Orange Free State. Two antelope were shot each month in the Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve from February 1987 to January 1988 in order to determine their parasitic burdens. Although none of the gemsbok harboured large burdens, nine ixodid tick species, two louse species, 17 nematode species and a cestode species were recovered. Margaropus winthemi, which was mainly present from July to September, was the most abundant tick, followed by Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, which showed no clear pattern of seasonal abundance. Young antelope harboured significantly greater numbers of the sucking louse Linognathus oryx than did older animals. Trichostrongylus falculatus was the most numerous nematode, followed by Cooperia fuelleborni. No pattern of seasonal abundance was evident for any of the helminths.

}, keywords = {and, animals, antelope, arthropod, cattle, ectoparasite, Endoparasites, Helminths, introduced, ixodid, oryx gazella, paralysis, parasite, populations, sheep, South Africa, species, ticks, wild}, url = {https://journals.co.za/content/wild/21/3/EJC116876}, author = {Fourie,L. J. and Vrahimis,S. and Horak,Ivan G. and Terblanche,H. J. and Kok,O. B.} }