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− | [[File:Rhipicephalus-appendiculatus-life-cycle.jpg| | + | [[File:Rhipicephalus-appendiculatus-life-cycle.jpg|300px|thumb|''Rhipicephalus appendiculatus'' life cycle (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhipicephalus-appendiculatus-life-cycle.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] |
− | <font color="#800000">'''''Rhipicephalus appendiculatus'''''</font> Neumann - African brown ear tick | + | <font color="#800000">'''''Rhipicephalus appendiculatus'''''</font> Neumann, 1901 - (African brown ear tick) |
− | infests livestock in Africa and transmits ''Theileria parva'', the causative agent of East Coast fever. It | + | |
+ | The tick infests livestock in Africa and transmits the protozoan, ''Theileria parva'', the causative agent of East Coast fever. This is the most important, tick-borne disease agent of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa and results in high rates of mortality and morbidity. | ||
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+ | The tick is widely distributed in Africa and the Near East and common in eastern Africa. It has a three-host life cycle and adults mainly infests the ears of cattle and buffalo. Immature stages are found on smaller mammals. They feed on their hosts for a few days then drop to the ground and continue their development. | ||
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Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann, 1901 - (African brown ear tick)
The tick infests livestock in Africa and transmits the protozoan, Theileria parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever. This is the most important, tick-borne disease agent of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa and results in high rates of mortality and morbidity.
The tick is widely distributed in Africa and the Near East and common in eastern Africa. It has a three-host life cycle and adults mainly infests the ears of cattle and buffalo. Immature stages are found on smaller mammals. They feed on their hosts for a few days then drop to the ground and continue their development.