Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) and African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Kariuki, Edward(Kenya Wildlife Service Department of Veterinary Services ,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology School of Biomedical Sciences) | Kutima, Hellen(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Department of Zoology) | Kock, Michael(International Wildlife Veterinary Services) | Horak, Ivan G.(University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases) | Jooste, Roaland(Bayer (Pty) Ltd, Isando Animal Health Division) | Neves, Luis(University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases)
Eight ixodid tick species were collected from 173 African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kenya, northern Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and two species were collected from six African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the Republic of Congo. A new host record is reported for Amblyomma eburneum. A list of ticks collected from elephants in various African countries, and stored in the United States National Tick Collection, is supplied as well as an annotated checklist of the 27 ixodid tick species that have been collected from African elephants. The geographic distributions and alternative hosts of the various tick species collected from elephants are briefly discussed.
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