School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia. HetronMweemba.Munang'
Vet Parasitol. 2009 Dec 3;166(1-2):163-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.08.010. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
A serolocigical survey was conducted for the detection of Theileria parva antibodies in 176 African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) sampled between 1996 and 2005 in livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zambia. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus species, and Amblyomma variegatum were the most abundant tick species identified on buffaloes. T. parva sero-positives were reported in buffaloes sampled from game management areas at Mlanga and Nanzhila bordering the Kafue National Parks and in the Lochnivar National Park while buffaloes sampled from Lower Zambezi National Park were sero-negative. Given that Game Management Areas serve as interface areas that permit the co-existence of livestock and wildlife in similar ecological habitats our findings suggest that buffaloes could play a significant role in the epidemiology of theileriosis in livestock-wildlife interface areas. Thus far, the disease has only been reported in livestock and is herein being reported in the African buffalo for the first time in Zambia.
1996 年至 2005 年间，在赞比亚的牲畜-野生动物交界地区，对 176 头非洲野牛（Syncerus caffer）进行了血清学调查，以检测泰勒虫抗体。在野牛身上发现的最丰富的蜱种是 Rhipicephalus appendiculatus、Rhipicephalus 种和 Amblyomma variegatum。在毗邻卡富埃国家公园的 Mlanga 和 Nanzhila 野生动物管理区以及 Lochnivar 国家公园采集的野牛中报告了血清阳性的 T. parva，而在Lower Zambezi 国家公园采集的野牛则呈血清阴性。鉴于野生动物管理区是允许牲畜和野生动物在相似生态生境中共存的交界地区，我们的研究结果表明，野牛可能在牲畜-野生动物交界地区的泰勒虫病流行病学中发挥重要作用。到目前为止，这种疾病只在牲畜中报告过，而在赞比亚，这是首次在非洲野牛中报告。
