Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2013 Dec;61(4):503-7. doi: 10.1007/s10493-013-9717-3. Epub 2013 Jul 13.
The invasive pantropical blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, has recently been collected from cattle in Namibia. A cross-sectional study aimed at recording the geographic distribution of Rhipicephalus decoloratus and establishing whether R. microplus is present in Namibia was conducted towards the end of summer (March-April) 2013. Ticks were collected from cattle on 18 privately owned farms across a large geographical scale. Ticks were collected from three to five cattle per farm and species belonging to the genera Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus were recovered. Rhipicephalus decoloratus was present on all farms and R. microplus was recorded on four of the farms. The small numbers of R. microplus compared to R. decoloratus collected in the mixed infestations, suggests that the introduction events were recent.
最近在纳米比亚的牛身上采集到了入侵性的泛热带蓝蜱，即 Rhipicephalus microplus。一项旨在记录 Rhipicephalus decoloratus 的地理分布并确定 R. microplus 是否存在于纳米比亚的横截面研究于 2013 年末（3 月至 4 月）进行。从 18 个私人拥有的农场的大量地理范围内的牛身上采集了蜱虫。每个农场从三到五头牛身上采集了蜱虫，回收的物种属于 Haolamma 和 Rhipicephalus 属。在所有农场都发现了 Rhipicephalus decoloratus，而在四个农场记录到了 R. microplus。在混合感染中，与 R. decoloratus 相比，R. microplus 的数量较少，这表明引入事件是最近发生的。
