Prevalence of Ticks on Camels and Cattle Brought to Dodoru Market Kebbi State, Nigeria

Abstract

Dodoru Market is popular for its weekly Market day in Kebbi State, Nigeria. People converge at the market every Monday from various places to buy or sell. Survey of ticks on camels and cattle brought to Dodoru Market for sale was conducted. The aim was to evaluate the prevalence of camel and cattle ticks. A total of 90 animals (40 camels and 50 cattle) were examined. Five tick species were identified and prevalence was evaluated. Results revealed that 32 of the camels were infected with the prevalence of 35.6% and cattle were also infested with 44.4 % prevalence. Boophilus decoloratus has the highest prevalence of 29.1 % in both camels and cattle. Thigh and abdomen were more susceptible to ticks species with the prevalence of 37.7 %. The survey also shows that cattle were more infested than camels and thigh/abdomen was observed to be the most preferred locations for ticks in both camels and cattle.

Prevalence and molecular characterization of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Nigeria

“…Hyalomma dromedarii was the most frequent tick species encountered in this study. Similar observations have also been reported by other researchers on ticks of camels in Nigeria [ 47 , 49 , 50 ], within other African countries [ 55 , 56 ] and other parts of the world [ 57 , 58 ]. The dromedary camel was found to be the preferred host for this tick species, but it also infests sheep, goats, cattle and horses [ 29 ].…”

“…This study confirmed the occurrence of several tickborne pathogens and the species diversity of ticks infesting camels in Nigeria. The overall rate of tick infestation in this study was 52.3%, lower than 80.0% reported by Abdullahi et al [47] in Kebbi state, Nigeria. Differences between the two studies could be basically attributed to the smaller sample size in the latter study.…”

“…It is likely that environment as well as sampling time could also impact the prevalence of H. impressum. All other species of the genus Hyalomma such as H. rufipes, H. truncatum and H. impeltatum as well as A. variegatum and R. evertsi evertsi have been reported infesting camels in Nigeria [6,47,49].…”

“…In this study, ticks from Nigeria were morphologically identified and confirmed using molecular markers targeting several genes. So far, studies on tick identification in camels from Nigeria were based on morphology [ 6 , 47 , 49 , 50 ]. Combining several mitochondrial markers ( 12S , 16S and cox 1), we were able to identify several species of Hyalomma ticks.…”

First report ofTheileria annulatain Nigeria: findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States

“…Maiduguri and Yobe State) [10][11], or western States (e.g. Sokoto and Kebbi States) [19][20][21][22], limiting in some instances the identification of ticks to the genus level [10,11,20]. Similarly, the majority of studies on TBPs in Nigeria, detecting the presence of apicomplexan parasites belonging to the genera Theileria and Babesia, and members of the bacterial genera Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Coxiella spp., have mostly relied on cytological (i.e.…”