Epidemiology and Control of cattle ticks and tick-borne infections in Central Nigeria
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....................................................................................................... ii List of Figures .............................................................................................. x List of Tables ............................................................................................. xiv List of abbreviations ................................................................................. xvii Acknowledgements .................................................................................... xix Chapter 1 – Introduction and Literature Review ................................................... 1 1.1 Introducing the research focus ............................................................... 2 1.2 Literature review .................................................................................... 6 1.2.1 Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) ...................................................................... 6 1.2.1.4 Cattle ticks in SSA ...................................................................... 16 1.2.1.5 Cattle ticks in Nigeria ................................................................. 16 1.2.1.5.1 Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius, 1794) .............................. 17 1.2.1.5.2 Hyalomma spp. ........................................................................ 19 1.2.1.5.3 Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. ............................................... 21 1.2.2 Cattle tick-borne infections (TBIs) in SSA.................................... 28 1.2.3 Endemic (enzootic) stability .......................................................... 39 1.2.4 Tick control .................................................................................... 43 1.2.5 The Fulani pastoralist system ........................................................ 56 1.2.6 Tick control on the Nigerian Plateau ............................................. 59 1.3 Thesis aims ........................................................................................... 61 Chapter 2 – Ixodid ticks of traditionally managed cattle in Central Nigeria ..... 63 2.
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