New foci of Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa

M Madder; S Adehan; R De Deken; R Adehan; R Lokossou

doi:10.1007/s10493-012-9522-4

New foci of Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa

M Madder, S Adehan, R De Deken, R Adehan, R Lokossou

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Abstract

The invasive character of Rhipicephalus microplus was observed in Benin, the second West-African country from which this ticks species has been collected after the initial confirmed record in Ivory Coast in 2007. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Mono to examine the presence of the tick R. microplus. The survey covered 9 herds (villages) in an agro-ecological zone inhabited by agro-pastoralists, including the State Farm of Kpinnou that imported Girolando cattle from Brazil. Almost 800 ticks were sampled from 36 cattle, on average four cattle per village. The morphological identification revealed ticks of two different genera: Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma. Rhipicephalus microplus was the only representative of the species previously known as Boophilus or blue ticks. Its taxonomic identity was confirmed molecularly by PCR-RFLP. A comparison was made with the situation of R. microplus in Brazil.

Original language	English
Journal	Experimental and Applied Acarology
Volume	56
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	385-390
ISSN	0168-8162
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-012-9522-4
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Tick-borne diseases
Ticks
Rhipicephalus microplus
Boophilus microplus
Amblyomma
Cattle
Pastoralism
Morphology
Molecular diagnostic techniques
Identification
PCR-RFLP
Comparison
C“te d'Ivoire
Africa-West
Brazil
America-Latin

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New foci of Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa

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