2018
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-018-0275-6
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Ixodid ticks of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), impala (Aepyceros melampus) and elephant (Loxodonta africana) in five protected park estates in the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe

Abstract: Wildlife hosts many pathogens of economic importance and is considered as a reservoir of important tick-borne diseases of livestock in southern Africa. The species composition of ticks parasitizing buffalo (Syncerus caffer), impala (Aepyceros melampus) and elephant (Loxodonta africana) was investigated in five protected parks in the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe. A total of 1104 adult ticks was collected from 75 adult animals comprising five buffaloes, five elephants and five impalas drawn from five protected wildl… Show more

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“…The area is bounded by the Zambezi River on the North, Charara Safari area to the East and Mana Pools National Park to the West. The Zambezi escarpment marks the boundary between Nyakasanga and Makuti sections to the south [1,12]. The area falls within natural region 4 with an average annual rainfall of 650mm received between November and April as well as 20⁰ C and 38⁰ C winter and summer maximum temperatures respectively [1,12,13].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The area is bounded by the Zambezi River on the North, Charara Safari area to the East and Mana Pools National Park to the West. The Zambezi escarpment marks the boundary between Nyakasanga and Makuti sections to the south [1,12]. The area falls within natural region 4 with an average annual rainfall of 650mm received between November and April as well as 20⁰ C and 38⁰ C winter and summer maximum temperatures respectively [1,12,13].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Zambezi escarpment marks the boundary between Nyakasanga and Makuti sections to the south [1,12]. The area falls within natural region 4 with an average annual rainfall of 650mm received between November and April as well as 20⁰ C and 38⁰ C winter and summer maximum temperatures respectively [1,12,13]. The soils vary from deep brown to reddish, medium-textured soils with pre-Cambrian granite and gneisses rocks as well as patches of clay loamy soils [1,14] The area is endowed with a wide variety of angulates, birds, fish and insects [1,12].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…CSA is divided into two (2) administrative areas, i.e., Chewore North and Chewore South. CSA was gazetted as a protected area (Safari Area) in 1975 (Moyo et al 2018). Chewore is approximately 220 km from Karoi town via Chirundu and Guruve road.…”
Section: Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The escarpment area is mountainous and hilly and is covered in very shallow gravelly and rocky soils (skeletal soils) while the valley floor area has deep alluvial soils which are complex due to varying deposits. The geology of the flat valley areas is predominantly Karroo sediments (sandstones, grits, and mudstones) with isolated patches of basalt (Moyo et al 2018).…”
Section: Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most of the published literature on diseases in buffaloes therefore describe the epidemiology and seroprevalence of infectious diseases relevant to cattle including foot and mouth disease (Thomson & Bastos 2004 ; Wekesa et al 2015 ); arboviruses (Kading et al 2013 ); Rift Valley fever (Beechler et al 2015 ; Jori et al 2015 ); lumpy skin disease (Fagbo, Coetzer & Venter 2014 ); bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) (Kabongo & Van Vuuren 2004 ); malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) (Pfitzer et al 2015 ); tuberculosis (Kalema-Zikusoka et al 2005 ; Tavalire et al 2018 ); non-tuberculous mycobacteria (Gcebe et al 2013 ); brucellosis (Alexander et al 2012 ; Gradwell et al 1977 ; Herr & Marshall 1981 ; Motsi et al 2013 ; Tanner et al 2014 ); anthrax (Cossaboom et al 2019 ; De Vos & Turnbull 2004 ; Ebedes 1976 ); leptospirosis (Atherstone, Picozzi & Kalema-Zikusoka 2014 ); Q-fever (Ndeereh et al 2017 ) and theileriosis (Chaisi et al 2011 ). Parasite surveys and case reports are also recorded including infestations with coccidia (Gorsich et al 2014 ); giardia (Hogan et al 2014 ); ixodid ticks (Moyo, Chakuya & Sungirai 2018 ); haemoparasites (Eygelaar et al 2015 ; Gonçalves et al 2018 ; Sisson et al 2017 ); nematodes (Taylor, Skinner & Boomker 2013 ); sarcocysts (Dubey et al 2014 ; Quant et al 1997 ); sarcoptes (Munang’andu et al 2010 ); demodex (Dräger & Paine 1980 ; Wolhuter et al 2009 ); schistosomes (Beechler et al 2017 ); taenia (Muma et al 2014 ); and thelazia (Ayebazibwe et al 2010 ). Very little information is present on non-infectious conditions (Lawrence, Foggin & Prozesky 2010 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%