Ixodid ticks on dogs belonging to people in rural communities and villages in Maputo Province, Mozambique
2008
De Matos, C.(Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Mozambique ,University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases) | Sitoe, C.(Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Mozambique) | Neves, L.(Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Faculdade de Veterinária) | Bryson, N.R.(University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases) | Horak, I.G.(University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases,Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute ,University of the Free State Department of Zoology and Entomology)
The species composition and geographic distribution of ixodid ticks infesting domestic dogs owned by people in rural communities and villages in Maputo Province was established by collecting ticks from dogs at each of 27 localities spread throughout the province. Ticks were collected from a total of 132 dogs, and nine species belonging to four genera were identified. One dog was infested with six species, three with five and 13 with four species. Haemaphysalis elliptica followed by Rhipicephalus simus were present on dogs at most localities, and their geographic distribution in Maputo Province has been mapped for the first time.
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