Lawrence J A, Norval R A, Uilenberg G
Trop Anim Health Prod. 1983 Feb;15(1):39-42. doi: 10.1007/BF02250760.
Rhipicephalus zambeziensis was shown experimentally to transmit Theileria parva parva in cattle from nymph to adult and Theileria parva lawrencei, Theileria parva bovis and Theileria taurotragi from larva to nymph and nymph to adult. In a single trial the tick failed to transmit Theileria mutans. The tick is believed to be a vector of T. parva lawrencei in the field in Zimbabwe.
实验表明,赞比西河璃眼蜱能在牛体内将小泰勒虫从小若蜱传播至成蜱,将劳氏泰勒虫、牛泰勒虫和旋角大羚羊泰勒虫从幼蜱传播至小若蜱,再从小若蜱传播至成蜱。在一次试验中,该蜱未能传播突变泰勒虫。据信,这种蜱在津巴布韦野外是劳氏泰勒虫的传播媒介。