Alarming spread of the Asian cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa—another three countries are affected: Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo

Adakal, Hassane; Biguezoton, Abel S.; Zoungrana, Sébastien; Courtin, Fabrice; Clercq, Eva M. De; Madder, Maxime

doi:10.1007/s10493-013-9706-6

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“…It would seem therefore that the tick is not yet present in the Central African region, but more extensive tick collections have to be done to confirm this. If however this is the case, the alarming rate of spread of the tick after its introduction into West Africa (Adakal et al, 2013) remains a great cause for concern. The principal means of spread is uncontrolled extensive livestock movements during transhumance and for trade purposes, which often cross national frontiers.…”

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“…This constraint is further compounded by the introduction of new tick species in areas where they did not exist before. Such is the case with the introduction into and rapid spread of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in some countries of West Africa; notably Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso and Mali (Madder et al, 2007(Madder et al, , 2012; Adakal et al, 2013). The threat of the spread of this tick in the entire West and Central African region is real and requires appropriate measures to keep the situation under control.…”

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Cattle ticks in Cameroon: Is Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus absent in Cameroon and the Central African region?

Awa

Adakal

Luogbou

et al. 2015

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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Cattle ticks in Cameroon: Is Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus absent in Cameroon and the Central African region?

Awa

Adakal

Luogbou

et al. 2015

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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“…Moreover, this species has been collected in Côte d'Ivoire southeast on cattle (Madder et al, 2011) and in many regions (center, north, east and west) (Touré et al, 2014). It is known for its invasive character and fast displacement of other species of the same subgenus (Touré et al, 2012;Adakal et al, 2013). Grasscutter would be one of its new hosts.…”

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Prevalence of ticks infesting grasscutters (<i>Thryonomys swinderianus</i> Temminck, 1827) in the south of Côte d’Ivoire

Faustin¹,

Toure²,

Clarisse³

et al. 2015

J. App. Bioscience.

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Objective: Ticks play a significant role in the transmission of pathogenic agents to animals. In Côte d'Ivoire, there is little information on those of grasscutters. Methodology and results: Thus, 150 wild grasscutters and 150 farm grasscutters from the south of Côte d'Ivoire were examined from April 2010 to October 2012. Ticks collected were identified under binocular lens and optical microscope. The species identified were confirmed at CIRDES (Bobo-Dioulasso). The species Ixodes aulacodi, Rhipicephalus simpsoni, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Amblyomma compressum and Haemaphysalis leachi were identified. Farm grasscutters were not infested but 92% of wild grasscutters were infested by at least one species. The most abundant species was I. aulacodi. It accounted for 67.98% of all collected ticks and was encountered on 75.33% of wild grasscutters. The second one was R. simpsoni (29.11% of collected ticks and collected on 54% of wild grasscutters). The three other species were slightly encountered (less than 2% of collected ticks and prevalence lower than 7%). Similarly, the infestation level by I. aulacodi was the highest (7±5 ticks per grasscutter against less than 4 for the others).Ticks belonging to R. simpsoni, R. microplus and Ha. leachi were adults. On the other hand, 9.16% of I. aulacodi and 25% of A. compressum were nymphs. Conclusion and application of results: Farm grasscutters in Côte d'Ivoire do not carry some ticks. But five species were found on wild grasscutters. Ticks and pathogenic agents that they transmit and for which some are responsible for zoonosis, could constitute a major obstacle for the development of grasscutters' farming and constitute a problem of public health. This study gives an update on diversity and database information for surveillance and prevention of zoonosis and their vectors.

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“…On the other hand chemical treatments can affect the environment and also meat and milk safety (Castro-Janer et al, 2010). The tick Rhipicephalus microplus constitutes a threat to livestock in our West African sub-region where she's currently present in Benin, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana and Nigeria (Adakal et al, 2013. Treatment cost is another aspect to mention, it's high and inaccessible to the poorest livestock farmers.…”

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Management of Cattle Ticks Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Response to the Emergence of Resistance to Synthetic Acaricides

Yessinou¹,

Adoligbé²,

Akpo³

et al. 2017

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci.

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| The tick Rhipicephalus microplus is an external parasite of livestock that is present in tropical and subtropical regions. It causes significant economic losses to cattle breeder directly through its destructive actions and indirectly by transmission of pathogens to livestock. In this study, we assessed the impact of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks on animal performance and identify control measures. Breeders were surveyed in Mono, Zou and Borgou departments with a rate of 60%, 63% and 67% of Peulhs on the total population of breeders'. The effect of ticks on milk production was influential in the department of Borgou where 65% of the breeders estimated that the decrease in milk production was linked to animal infestation by ticks against 46% and 41.10% respectively in the departments of Mono and Zou. A similar pattern was observed concerning the decrease in the live weight of the animals 63.75%, 58% and 45.21 %, respectively. In breeding farms, two types of products are adopted: traditional products and chemicals that are use against the ticks. As they are looking for efficient, accessible and less costly means, breeders use traditional products of control such as red oil, red oil mix with salt, black soap, seawater, plant, bush fire and also manual dipping. Chemical products used are essentially pyrethroids, amidine and phenylpyrazoles. The assessments of current study highlight that for most breeders ticks display negative impacts on livestock productivity and the current way to control are not efficient. It is important to put in place a better tick control strategy.

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Alarming spread of the Asian cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa—another three countries are affected: Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo

Cited by 74 publications

References 6 publications

Cattle ticks in Cameroon: Is Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus absent in Cameroon and the Central African region?

Cattle ticks in Cameroon: Is Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus absent in Cameroon and the Central African region?

Prevalence of ticks infesting grasscutters (<i>Thryonomys swinderianus</i> Temminck, 1827) in the south of Côte d’Ivoire

Management of Cattle Ticks Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Response to the Emergence of Resistance to Synthetic Acaricides

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