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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Geographic distribution of the invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus, a country-wide survey in Benin
Experimental and Applied Acarology, Volume 58, No. 4, Year 2012
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The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is currently invading the West African region, and little information is available on the spread of this exotic tick in this region. We set out a country-wide field survey to determine its current distribution in Benin. Ticks were collected on cattle from 106 farms selected by random sampling covering all regions of the country. Rhipicephalus annulatus was found on 70 % of all farms, R. decoloratus on 42 %, R. geigyi on 58 %, and R. microplus on 49 %. There is a clear geographic separation between the indigenous Rhipicephalus species and R. microplus. Rhipicephalus annulatus occurs mainly in the northern departments, but it was also observed in lower numbers in locations in the south. The presence of R. decoloratus is limited to the northern region, and in most locations, this tick makes up a small proportion of the collected ticks. The tick R. geigyi tends to be dominant, but occurs only in the four northern departments. The observations concerning R. microplus are entirely different, this species occurs in the southern and central region. The results of this survey confirm the invasive character and displacement properties of R. microplus, since in less than a decade it has colonized more than half of the country and has displaced indigenous ticks of the same genus in many of the sampled locations. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
De Clercq, Eva M.
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Vanwambeke, Sophie O.
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Sungirai, Marvelous
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Adehan, Safiou Bienvenu
Benin, Porto
Ministere de L'agriculture de L'elevage et de la Peche/cerpa-op/service Recherche Developpement
Lokossou, Richard
Benin
La Direction de L'elevage du Ministère de L'agriculture
Madder, Maxime
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10493-012-9587-0
ISSN:
01688162
e-ISSN:
15729702
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Benin