Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo
A survey has been conducted in Bukavu on bovines imported in Democratic Republic of Congo from Rwanda to the public slaughterhouse of Bukavu, with the aim of identifying the Ixodidae ticks on their body. Thus, 1024 ticks have been collected on 300 cows for the entomological identification. Four spec...
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| author | Muhimuzi Alphonse Bisusa Marara Emmanuel Bizire Bujingo Donatien Muntuokuwindi Gilbert Nijimbere Kashamuka Roger Musimwa Vyambwera Guido-Charles Kambale |
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| description | A survey has been conducted in Bukavu on bovines imported in Democratic Republic of Congo from Rwanda to the public slaughterhouse of Bukavu, with the aim of identifying the Ixodidae ticks on their body. Thus, 1024 ticks have been collected on 300 cows for the entomological identification. Four species have been identified whose Boophilus decoloratus (44.4 %), Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (43.9 %), Amblyomma variegatum (11 %) and Ixodes thomasai (2 %). This last species being a new among those recognized in South Kivu. A charge to ticks of 6.5 has been observed at those bovines and the infestation rate has been significantly different in the 4 races, the Friesland (41.1 %) and Ankolé presented the superior values. The importation of cows in this part of the country from Rwanda is a real factor which conducts to the introduction of ticks and also diseases in Democratic Republic of Congo. Then being measures of heath control in the border must be sustained and reinforced for minimizing real risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe49d24056fb45adbd71c4d7f01bb06f2022-12-22T00:53:34ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries2312-797X2312-79882020-12-0115330831710.22363/2312-797X-2020-15-3-308-31716915Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of CongoMuhimuzi Alphonse Bisusa0Marara Emmanuel Bizire1Bujingo Donatien Muntuokuwindi2Gilbert Nijimbere3Kashamuka Roger Musimwa4Vyambwera Guido-Charles Kambale5Lwiro Natural Sciences Research Centre (NSERC-LWRO)Interdisciplinary Centre for Continuing Education (Cidep)Lwiro fiftieth anniversary University (UNI-50)Kuban State Agrarian UniversityNational Institute for Agronomic Research (INERA)Catholic University of Graben (UCG)A survey has been conducted in Bukavu on bovines imported in Democratic Republic of Congo from Rwanda to the public slaughterhouse of Bukavu, with the aim of identifying the Ixodidae ticks on their body. Thus, 1024 ticks have been collected on 300 cows for the entomological identification. Four species have been identified whose Boophilus decoloratus (44.4 %), Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (43.9 %), Amblyomma variegatum (11 %) and Ixodes thomasai (2 %). This last species being a new among those recognized in South Kivu. A charge to ticks of 6.5 has been observed at those bovines and the infestation rate has been significantly different in the 4 races, the Friesland (41.1 %) and Ankolé presented the superior values. The importation of cows in this part of the country from Rwanda is a real factor which conducts to the introduction of ticks and also diseases in Democratic Republic of Congo. Then being measures of heath control in the border must be sustained and reinforced for minimizing real risks.http://agrojournal.rudn.ru/agronomy/article/viewFile/19589/16251identificationticksixodidaebovinsimportssouth kivudemocratic republic of congoixodidae |
| spellingShingle | Muhimuzi Alphonse Bisusa Marara Emmanuel Bizire Bujingo Donatien Muntuokuwindi Gilbert Nijimbere Kashamuka Roger Musimwa Vyambwera Guido-Charles Kambale Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries identification ticks ixodidae bovins imports south kivu democratic republic of congo ixodidae |
| title | Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_full | Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_fullStr | Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_short | Identification of Ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_sort | identification of ixodidae ticks from cattle imported into the south kivu province east of the democratic republic of congo |
| topic | identification ticks ixodidae bovins imports south kivu democratic republic of congo ixodidae |
| url | http://agrojournal.rudn.ru/agronomy/article/viewFile/19589/16251 |
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