Table 1 Distribution of tick species per district and season of collection

Rhipicephalus

R. appendiculatus

2422

4244

709

771

179

65

550

1189

984

2219

(32.4)

(41.8)

R. evertsi

1163

222

71

60

449

18

273

47

370

97

(15.6)

(2.1)

R. decoloratus

193

55

9

5

36

1

15

12

133

37

(2.5)

(0.5)

R. simus

106

9

6

1

53

0

34

1

13

7

(1.4)

(0.1)

R. microplus

37

10

0

2

2

0

0

0

35

8

(0.5)

(0.1)

R. pravus

33

28

1

2

8

0

22

20

2

6

(0.4)

(0.3)

R. pulchellus

27

15

25

13

0

0

2

1

0

1

(0.4)

(0.1)

R. geigyi

17

2

0

0

4

0

8

1

5

1

(0.2)

(0.01)

R. muhsamae

12

1

0

1

4

0

8

0

0

0

(0.2)

(0.01)

R. praetextatus

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

(0.01)

(0)

Amblyomma

A. lepidum

1997

1054

428

155

27

0

759

628

783

271

(26.8)

(10.4)

A. variegatum

1264

4423

148

632

774

2558

107

409

235

824

(17)

(43.6)

A. gemma

68

44

68

44

0

0

0

0

0

0

(0.9)

(0.4)

Hyalomma

H. truncatum

91

15

18

8

48

2

15

4

10

1

(1.2)

(0.1)

H. rufipes

1

8

0

7

0

0

1

0

0

1

(0.01)

(0.1)

Proportion of tick-infested cattle

89.8

91

80.9

80.7

90.3

92.8

92.3

92.9

95.4

94.8

Totals

7432

10,130

1484

1701

1584

2644

1794

2312

2570

3473