Difference between revisions of "Amblyomma variegatum"
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[[File:Amblyomma-variegatum-male.jpg|250px|thumb|''Amblyomma variegatum'' male (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amblyomma-variegatum-male.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | [[File:Amblyomma-variegatum-male.jpg|250px|thumb|''Amblyomma variegatum'' male (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amblyomma-variegatum-male.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | ||
| − | <font color="#800000">'''''Amblyomma variegatum'''''</font> (Fabricius, 1794) - (tropical bont tick) | + | <font color="#800000">'''''Amblyomma variegatum'''''</font> (Fabricius, 1794) - (tropical bont tick) |
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| + | The tick is common in Africa and has spread to Central America with cattle imported from Senegal in the 1800s. It is found on livestock and is considered a vector of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and a number of rickettsia diseases, like ''Cowdria'' (heartwater) or ''Rickettsia''. It may bite humans. The tick is apparently transported by birds like the cattle egret (''Bubulcus ibis''). Management typically involves the frequent application of pour-on acaricides. | ||
[[File:Amblyomma-variegatum-heifer-Ghana.jpg|250px|thumb|left|''Amblyomma variegatum'' infestation of the udder of a young cow in Ghana (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amblyomma-variegatum-heifer-Ghana.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | [[File:Amblyomma-variegatum-heifer-Ghana.jpg|250px|thumb|left|''Amblyomma variegatum'' infestation of the udder of a young cow in Ghana (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amblyomma-variegatum-heifer-Ghana.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | ||
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Amblyomma variegatum male (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius, 1794) - (tropical bont tick)
The tick is common in Africa and has spread to Central America with cattle imported from Senegal in the 1800s. It is found on livestock and is considered a vector of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and a number of rickettsia diseases, like Cowdria (heartwater) or Rickettsia. It may bite humans. The tick is apparently transported by birds like the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis). Management typically involves the frequent application of pour-on acaricides.
Amblyomma variegatum infestation of the udder of a young cow in Ghana (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
