Horak I G, Spickett A M, Braack L E, Williams E J
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1991 Sep;58(3):137-43.
Seventy-six helmeted guineafowls (Numida meleagris) were shot in the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve and on an adjacent farm in the eastern Cape Province during the period May 1985 to January 1987 and their tick burdens determined. A total of 10 ixodid tick species were recovered, of which Amblyomma hebraeum, Amblyomma marmoreum and Haemaphysalis silacea were the most abundant. The seasonal abundances of these 3 species and of Hyalomma marginatum rufipes were ascertained. A marked difference between the total number of A. hebraeum recovered from the birds in the reserve and those on the farm is ascribed to the treatment of domestic stock on the farm with an acaricide. The tick burdens of 118 helmeted guineafowls, shot in the southern part of the Kruger National Park, eastern Transvaal Lowveld, from August 1988 to August 1990, were also determined. Ten ixodid tick species and the larvae of an argasid species were recovered. A. hebraeum, A. marmoreum and the Argas sp. were the most abundant and their seasonal abundances and that of Rhipicephalus zambeziensis were determined. Only 2 of the 54,659 ixodid ticks recovered from the birds at the 3 localities were adults and the presence of these is ascribed to accidental infestations.
1985年5月至1987年1月期间，在东开普省的安德烈斯·沃斯洛捻角羚保护区及附近一个农场射杀了76只戴头盔的珍珠鸡（Numida meleagris），并确定了它们身上的蜱虫负担。共发现10种硬蜱，其中希伯来花蜱（Amblyomma hebraeum）、大理石花纹花蜱（Amblyomma marmoreum）和粟色血蜱（Haemaphysalis silacea）最为常见。确定了这3种蜱以及边缘璃眼蜱红棕亚种（Hyalomma marginatum rufipes）的季节丰度。保护区内鸟类身上和农场鸟类身上所发现的希伯来花蜱总数存在显著差异，这归因于农场对家畜使用了杀螨剂。还确定了1988年8月至1990年8月在东德兰士瓦低地克鲁格国家公园南部射杀的118只戴头盔珍珠鸡身上的蜱虫负担。发现了10种硬蜱和1种argasid蜱的幼虫。希伯来花蜱、大理石花纹花蜱和argasid蜱最为常见，并确定了它们以及赞比西河扇头蜱（Rhipicephalus zambeziensis）的季节丰度。从这3个地点的鸟类身上采集到的54,659只硬蜱中，只有2只是成虫，其出现被归因于偶然感染。
