Comparison of resistance in three breeds of cattle against African ixodid ticks.
Date
1996-04Author
Solomon G.
Kaaya Godwin P.
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Tick resistance in three breeds of cattle, two indigenous breeds (Arssi and Boran) and one Boran x Friesian cross-bread, were compared following natural tick infestations at Abernossa ranch in Ethiopia. The local Arssi breed was found to have the highest tick resistance, followed by the Boran breed, whereas the Boran x Friesian was the least resistant. Over a period of 12 months, from October 1991 to September 1992, a total of 32,897 ticks composed of four genera were collected from the animals. The four most abundant tick species were Amblyomma variegatum (61.7%), Boophilus decoloratus (16%); Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (16.3%) and Hyalomma marginatum rufipes (3.7%). Furthermore, 63.5% of all ticks were collected from cross-breed cattle, and 26.2% from the Boran, whereas the local Arssi breed carried only 10.3%. The results indicated that cattle resistant to one species of tick were also resistant to other tick species
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8665816http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35238
Citation
Exp Appl Acarol. 1996 Apr;20(4):223-30.Publisher
University of Nairobi. School of Biological Sciences