Table 3.
Morphological and molecular identifications of ticks, frequency of infestation, and natural infection by molecular detection of ticks.
| Site of Sampling | Sampled Animals 1/Sampling of Immature Stages 2 | Immature Stages Obtained 3 N = 95 n (%) |
Sampled Animals N = 138 n/N (%) | Infested Animals N = 16 n (%) |
Tick Identification 4 | Detected Microorganisms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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R. sanguineus s.l. N = 173 n (%) |
R. microplus N = 18 n (%) |
Ehrlichia n (%) |
Anaplasma n (%) |
Coxiella n (%) |
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| 10015 | CFFW/Not | 0 (0.0) | 47 (34.1) | Canines | 2 (12.5) | 23 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (39.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 10027 | CFFW/Not | 0 (0.0) | 5 (3.6) | Canines | 2 (12.5) | 41 (23.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.2) |
| 10027 5 | C/Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | Canines | 1 (6.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 10020 | CF/Not | 0 (0.0) | 8 (5.8) | Canines | 3 (18.6) | 52 (30.1) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (28.9) | 1 (1.9) | 9 (17.3) |
| 10001 | CBEFFW/Yes | 95 (100) | 10 (7.2) | Canines | 1 (6.3) | 26 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (11.5) |
| 10083 | C/Not | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | Canines | 1 (6.3) | 4 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 10198 | CEFFW/Not | 0 (0.0) | 10 (7.2) | Canines | 2 (12.5) | 8 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25.0) |
| 10227 | CBFW/Yes | 0 (0.0) | 18 (13) | Canines | 2 (12.5) | 18 (10.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.6) |
| 0 (0.0) | Bovines | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100) | 7 (38.9) | 6 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| 10094 | /Not | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10082 | C/Not | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10131 | C/Not | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10163 | /Not | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10205 | FW/Not | 0 (0.0) | 16 (11.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10242 | CF/Not | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10243 | CFW/Not | 0 (0.0) | 12 (8.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 10263 | CF/Not | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
1 Sampled animals: C: canines, B: bovines, E: equines, F: felines, FW: fowls. 2 Sampling at immature stages using the dragging technique. 3 Only larvae were obtained using the dragging technique. 4 Morphological identifications verified with the COI molecular marker. 5 Workplace.