Prevalence of Tick Infestation in Different Breeds of Cattle in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria

Musa, Hassan Ismail; Jajere, SM; Adamu, NB; Atsanda, NN; Lawal, JR; Adamu, S.; Lawal, EK

doi:10.3329/bjvm.v12i2.21279

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“…Present finding is similar with the 63.4% in males and 60.9% in females reports of Musa et al (2014) in Northern Nigeria. Again similar tick infestation among adult (67.1%), young (68.4%) and older (82.6%) cattle were observed in this study which could be due to equal exposure of all studied animals regardless of age and sex under respective farming systems.…”

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“…Again similar tick infestation among adult (67.1%), young (68.4%) and older (82.6%) cattle were observed in this study which could be due to equal exposure of all studied animals regardless of age and sex under respective farming systems. But, tick infestation in younger animals had a significantly higher (85.4%) than adult (55.8%) and older animals (35.0%) (Musa et al, 2014). The difference might be due to variation in their immunity level against tick in cattle of Ethiopia and Nigeria.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors of ticks infesting cattle reared on the main campus of Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia

Abdella¹,

Muktar²,

Hiko³

2017

Ethiop. Vet. J.

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Tick infestation is a major problem constraining animal production and productivity in Ethiopia showing the need for tackling the situation. A crosssectional study was carried out to determine tick prevalence and associated risk factors among cattle reared on dairy, beef and free-range grazing farms of Haramaya University from November 2014 to April 2015. A total of 519 animals were randomly selected. Ticks were collected and identified under stereomicroscopic examination. A total of 384 (73.9%) animals were positive for tick infestation which was higher on both beef (79.2%) and dairy (82.3%) than on free-range grazing (32.4%) cattle with OR = 8 (95% CI 4.2-16.9) and OR= 9 (95% CI 5.0-18.8) in beef and dairy animals, respectively. Infestation was significantly lower on Borana breed (20%; 95% OR CI 0.5-1.99) than on others. Difference in infestation between sexes and among the age groups of animals were not observed (p > 0.05). Of positive cattle, 52.9%, 12.8%, 7.0% and 27.3% were infested with single, two, three and four genera of ticks, respectively. In positive animals, subgenus Boophilus (51.0%), Amblyomma (58.3%), Hyalomma (48.2%) and Rhipicephalus (53.1%) tick genera were observed. Multiple tick genera infestation were more frequent in cattle managed under both beef (34.7 to 62.9%) and dairy (22.2 to 55.1%) farm types than that of free-range (4.4 to 14.8%) farm types. All the currently encountered tick genera infested 48.5%, 46.8% and 4.8% of beef, dairy and free range grazing cattle farms, respectively. The result showed all animals are found in endemic environment for tick infestation and thus the burden might cause economic loses mainly by reducing milk and meat yields, body weight gain, skin and hides quality, and risk of tick-borne diseases. Therefore, tick infestation in the study farms warrants strategic tick control approaches.

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Prevalence and risk factors of ticks infesting cattle reared on the main campus of Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia

Abdella¹,

Muktar²,

Hiko³

2017

Ethiop. Vet. J.

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“…This may be due to an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide gas produced by increase the metabolism and feeding rate of treated animals, which may be greater in bulls than cows, hence attracts more ticks. Similar results were attained by Musa et al (2014) who demonstrated that, male bovines emit much more Co 2 gas than the female, which explains the high parasitic load. However, Flach et al(1995) did not observe any relation between immature tick burdens and sex of the cattle hosts.…”

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Novel acaricides by nanotechnology against cattle ticks and their effect on physiological and productive performance

El-Tokhy

Hamdon

Kassab

et al. 2019

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences

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A FIELD trail was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of capsules suspension formulation (CS) by nanotechnology and conventional acaricides against the cattle ticks (Hyalomma marginatum) and its effects on the body weight and blood parameters of Aberdeen angus cattle. Acaricides residues were determined in an animal's blood and milk.Thirty infested cattle were randomly divided into five groups, each one contains (3 bulls and 3 cows) based on the mean tick count. Results showed that, permethrin 25 % CS and lambada-cyhalothrin 10 % CS were significantly the most effective against ticks (2.7 and 3.8 ticks/animal, respectively) compared to fipronil 20 % SC and Acetamiprid 20 % SL (8.3 and 6.3 ticks/animal, respectively) after 70 days of treatment. Permethrin 25 % CS achieved 100 % control against highly ticks' infestation after 3 days of treatment and maintained for 56 days without its residues in blood and milk samples. Conversely, fipronil residue was detected in the cow's blood and milk (1.3 and 2.7µg/l, respectively) however, it's non detected in bull's blood after 1 week of treatment. They gradually decreased to below detection limits after 3 and 6 weeks respectively. The animal body weight was significantly increased, additionally, the liver and kidney function were decreased to normal level in all treated animals. Finally, permethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin that formulated CS can be used as efficient acaricides and a safe alternative in tick control strategy in tropical areas.

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“…The results obtained in this study indicates that haemoparasites are endemic in cattle populations within Maiduguri and its environs, even though the overall prevalence is not comparable with previous reports. The preponderance of infection with haemoparasites may be attributed to a high prevalence of cattle ticks in Maiduguri (Musa et al, 2014). Biu and Kabono (2005) reported a higher prevalence of haemoparasites in cattle from the same study area.…”

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“…Haemoparasites and their vectors have a global distribution, and are especially important in Sub-Saharan Africa (Okorafor and Nzeako, 2014). The prevalence of haemoparasites of cattle in Nigeria is generally considered to be very high due to the preponderance of their arthropod vectors (Biu and Kabono, 2005;Kamani et al, 2010;Okorafor and Nzeakor, 2010;Musa et al, 2014). Moreover, 90% of the cattle population in Nigeria are raised under the pastoral husbandry system of Fulani herders (Lorusso et al, 2013).…”

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Risk factors of haemoparasites and some haematological parameters of slaughtered trade cattle in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Paul¹,

Bello²,

Ngari³

et al. 2016

J. Vet. Med. Anim. Health

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This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of haemoparasites and some haematological parameters of slaughtered trade cattle in Maiduguri abattoir. A total of 120 blood samples were randomly collected from cattle between January and July, 2014. The samples were screened for haemoparasites by examining Giemsa stained thin blood films. Microhaematocrit centrifugation technique was used for determination of packed cell volume (PCV) while total red blood cell (RBC) counts and total white blood cell (WBC) counts were determined by cyanmethaemoglobin and hemocytometer methods. An overall prevalence of 10.8% (CI=0.064, 0.017) was recorded for Anaplasma (5.8%), Babesia (4.2%) and Trypanosoma species (0.8%). Young cattle had significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of 9.2% (CI= 0.052, 0.157) compared to adults with 1.7% (CI= 0.005, 0.059). Among different sexes, females had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of 7.5% (CI: 0.040-0.136) than males with 3.3% (CI= 0.130, 0.083). Rahaji breed had a significantly higher (p<0.05) prevalence of 7.5% (CI= 0.040, 0.136) compared to Ambala with 1.7% (CI= 0.005, 0.059), Kuri and Adamawa gudali each with a prevalence of 0.8% (CI= 0.002, 0.046). Cattle with moderate body condition scores had significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of 6.7% (CI= 0.034, 0.126) compared with those that have good body condition scores with 4.2% (CI= 0.018, 0.094) while thin and fat cattle were not infected with haemoparasites. Even though all the haematological parameters were within range of normal values, there was a significant difference (p<0.05) in mean packed cell volume (PCV) and total white blood cell (WBC) counts between infected and un-infected slaughtered cattle. It was concluded from this study that haemoparasites are endemic in cattle populations in Maiduguri and the prevalence of haemoparasites may be associated with changes in PCV and WBC count.

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Prevalence of Tick Infestation in Different Breeds of Cattle in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria

Cited by 28 publications

References 14 publications

Prevalence and risk factors of ticks infesting cattle reared on the main campus of Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia

Prevalence and risk factors of ticks infesting cattle reared on the main campus of Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia

Novel acaricides by nanotechnology against cattle ticks and their effect on physiological and productive performance

Risk factors of haemoparasites and some haematological parameters of slaughtered trade cattle in Maiduguri, Nigeria

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