Zieger U, Horak I G, Cauldwell A E, Uys A C
Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1998 Jun;65(2):113-24.
Ticks were collected at irregular intervals from December 1995 to November 1996 from wildlife on Mtendere Game Ranch in the Chisamba District of Central Province, Zambia. Total collections were made from two species of ground-nesting birds and 20 species of small and large mammals. Thirteen species/subspecies of ixodid ticks were recovered. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was the most abundant, followed by Boophilus decoloratus and Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi. Small numbers of immature ticks of only a few species were collected from the birds and rodents. The lagomorphs carried large numbers of predominantly immature R. appendiculatus. Most of the ungulates harboured several tick species and had high infestations of R. appendiculatus. The seasonal abundances of Amblyomma variegatum, B. decoloratus, R. appendiculatus and R. evertsi evertsi were determined.
1995年12月至1996年11月期间，在赞比亚中央省奇桑巴区的姆滕德雷野生动物保护区，不定期地从野生动物身上采集蜱虫。总共从两种地面筑巢鸟类和20种小型及大型哺乳动物身上进行了采集。共采集到13种硬蜱。血红扇头蜱最为常见，其次是无色牛蜱和埃氏扇头蜱指名亚种。仅从鸟类和啮齿动物身上采集到少数几种少量的未成熟蜱虫。兔形目动物身上携带大量主要为未成熟的血红扇头蜱。大多数有蹄类动物身上寄生着几种蜱虫，且血红扇头蜱的感染率很高。测定了变异革蜱、无色牛蜱、血红扇头蜱和埃氏扇头蜱指名亚种的季节丰度。
