BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Boophilus
microplus
|
GENUS |
Boophilus |
| SPECIES |
microplus |
| |
Tropical
cattle tick |
LOCATION
|
Australia, West Indies, Mexico, Central |
|
America,
South America, Asia, South Africa |
| LIFE
CYCLE |
One
host tick, eggs hatch on ground |
| MATING
HABIT |
Females
lay up to 4400 eggs |
| FEEDING
HABIT |
Cause
irritation and loss of condition |
| |
Loss
of blood in severe |
| |
infestation
can lead to death |
| HOSTS
|
Primarily:
cattle |
| |
Also
found on: sheep, goats, horses and deer |
| DISEASES
|
Cattle:
Babesia bigemia (redwater fever), |
|
Anaplasma marginale, (gall fever), Babesia berbera |
| REFERENCES |
BAKER
1999, SOULSBY 1982
|
Boophilus decoloratus
|
GENUS |
Boophilus |
| SPECIES |
decoloratus |
LOCATION
|
Continental
Africa, South of Sahara, |
|
India,
Yemen |
| LIFE
CYCLE |
One
host tick, eggs (about 2500) hatch on ground |
| |
Egg
to adult takes 3-4 weeks |
| MATING
HABIT |
A
toxic protein has been identified in eggs |
| FEEDING
HABIT |
Cause
irritation and loss of condition |
| |
Loss
of blood in severe |
| |
infestation
can lead to death |
| |
Bites
to humans can result |
| |
in severe inflammation |
| HOSTS
|
Domestic
animals: cattle, sheep, goats, |
| |
horses,
rarely humans |
| |
Wild
animals: antelopes |
| |
Immatures
are found on dewlap, |
| |
neck
and external ear |
| |
Adults
attach to flank and underside |
| DISEASES
|
Cattle:
Babesia bovis, B. bigemia (redwater fever), |
|
Anaplasma
marginale (gall fever), Borrelia theileri,
|
| |
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, |
| |
Pigs:
Babesia trautmannii. |
| |
Records
of Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) |
| |
infections
and Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic |
| |
Fever
(CCHF) exist |
| REFERENCES |
BAKER
1999 |
|
