An update on the ecological distribution of the Ixodidae ticks in Zimbabwe

In total 7657 ticks were collected from 121 dip tanks in 12 districts repre- sentative of Zimbabwe’s five ecological regions between September 2013 and May 2014. Based on morphological traits four genera and 13 species of ticks were identified. Am- blyomma hebraeum (60.3 %), Rhipicephalus microplus...

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Main Authors: Sungirai, Marvelous, Madder, Maxime, Moyo, Doreen Zandile, De Clercq, Patrick, Nji Abatih, Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/678
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