Research Article
Prevalence of Ticks Infesting Dairy Cattle and the Pathogens They Harbour in Smallholder Farms in Peri-Urban Areas of Nairobi, Kenya
Table 1
Distribution of the tick species identified from dairy cattle in peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya.
| Tick species | No. of ticks collected (%, n = 94) |
| Rhipicephalus (Rh.) species | Rh. (boophilus) decoloratus | 23 (24.5) | Rh. evertsi evertsi | 11 (11.7) | Rh. pulchellus | 11 (11.7) | Rh. (boophilus) microplus | 6 (6.4) | Rh. sanguineous | 5 (5.3) | Rh. simus | 3 (3.2) | Rh. appendiculatus | 3 (3.2) | Rh. praetextatus | 1 (1.2) | Amblyomma (A.) species | A. variegatum | 15 (15.6) | A. gemma | 3 (3.2) | Hyalomma (H.) species | H. rufipes | 8 (8.5) | H. truncatum | 5 (5.3) | Total | 94 (100) |
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