Table 2.
Herds, numbers of cattle and feeding ticks, and prevalence of pathogensa
| Herd | No. of ticks (no./cow) | No. of cattle |
A. marginale/centrale |
E. chaffeensis |
E. ewingii |
Ehrlichia sp. |
R. aeschlimannii |
RAL |
T. mutans |
C. burnetii |
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| Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | Inf. ticks (%) | Pot. Inf. cattle (%) | |||
| Alakia | 9 (1–2) | 8 | 1 (11.1) | 1 (12.5) | — | — | 1 (11.1) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (12.5) | — | — | 3 (33.3) | 3 (37.5) | — | — | 2 (22.2) | 2 (25) |
| Aleshinloye | 1 (1) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bodija 1 | 9 (1–2) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (11.1) | 1 (14.3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bodija 2 | 20 (3–6) | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (5) | 1 (25) | — | — | 1 (5) | 1 (25) |
| Bodija 3 | 2 (1) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | — | — | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |
| Moniya 1 | 20 (1–3) | 13 | 1 (5) | 1 (7.7) | — | — | — | — | 1 (5) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (5) | 1 (7.7) | 2 (10) | 2 (15.4) | — | — | 1 (5) | 1 (7.7) |
| Moniya 2 | 20 (1–3) | 13 | 1 (5) | 1 (7.7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 (20) | 3 (23.1) | — | — | 3 (15) | 2 (15.4) |
| Moniya 3 | 45 (1–7) | 11 | 4 (8.9) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (9.1) | — | — | 1 (2.2) | 1 (9.1) | — | — | 2 (4.4) | 2 (18.2) | 4 (8.9) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (17.8) | 8 (72.7) |
| Moniya 4 | 2 (2) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moniya 5 | 2 (2) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moniya 6 | 6 (3) | 2 | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50) | — | — | — | — | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50) | — | — | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50) | — | — | 3 (50) | 2 (100) |
| Total | 136 (1–7) | 63 | 8 (5.9)* | 6 (9.5) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.6) | 5 (3.7)* | 5 (7.9) | 3 (2.2)* | 3 (4.8) | 14 (10.3)* | 13 (20.6) | 4 (2.9)* | 3 (4.8) | 19 (14)* | 17 (27) |
a
Inf., infected; Pot., potentially; —, not detected (0%). Asterisks mark total prevalence rates in ticks which differ significantly from those observed in ticks from vegetation (P < 0.05).