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Bushmeat Consumption and the Risk of Zoonotic Tick‐Borne Pathogen Infections in Ghana: An Increasing Risk to Public Health

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
• Consuming bushmeat comes with the risk of zoonotic tick‐borne pathogen infection. • To protect public health, there is a need for regulations on bushmeat handling and sales, frequent surveillance, and increased education. ABSTRACT Consuming bushmeat is a widely accepted tradition in Ghana and other West African countries, where it is a vital source ...
Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah‐Mensah, Danielle Ladzekpo, Seth Offei Addo   +2 more
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Climate changes and suitability for the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum (Ixodidae) in Zimbabwe (1974–1999) [PDF]

Veterinary Parasitology, 2008
The spread of Amblyomma hebraeum has been reported in Zimbabwe. At the same time there was little or no spread in the distribution of Amblyomma variegatum. This paper examines the climatic cycles and their trends in the period 1974-1999 with a view to explaining the abiotic causes of this spread, and of forecasting the likely tendency in climate ...
Estrada-Pena, Agustín, Horak, Ivan Gerard, Petney, Trevor N.   +2 more
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Variability of cattle infestation by Amblyomma variegatum and its possible utilisation for tick control [PDF]

, 1993
De grandes différences dans l'infestation individuelle par les adultes d'Amblyomma variegatum ont été observées chez des zébus Goudali infestés naturellement. Certains animaux (désignés comme "attractifs pour A.
Stachurski, Frédéric
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Lutte contre les ectoparasites des bovins par pédiluve : método innovador utilizado en la zona peri urbana sub humeda de Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2005
L'accroissement de la demande urbaine en protéines animales se traduit, entre autres, par le développement de filières bovines de production laitière dans les zones périurbaines d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
Bouyer, Fanny, Bouyer, Jérémy, Stachurski, Frédéric   +2 more
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Tick Species Infesting Livestock in Three Bioclimatic Areas of Senegal: Bioecology, Prevalence of Tick Infestation, Associated Categorical Factors and Crimean‐Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Infection

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2025.
Ticks were collected between October 2020 and November 2022, from cattle, goats and sheep in the Sahelian, Sudano‐Sahelian and Sudanian zones, and tested for CCHFV infection. A total of 3632 animals were examined and 35.3% (95% CI: 33.8–36.9) found tick‐infested.
Aliou Khoule, Déthié Ngom, Mouhamet Faye, Ousseynou Sene, Aminata Badji, Elhadji Ndiaye, Gamou Fall, Ibrahima Dia, Mawlouth Diallo, Diawo Diallo   +9 more
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Observations préliminaires sur les tiques et les maladies transmises par les tiques dans la province du Nord-Ouest du Cameroun. II. La cowdriose bovine

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1998
Dans cette étude, les effets de la cowdriose ont été évalués sur des bovins à l'institut de recherches zootechniques et vétérinaires (IRZV) de Bambui, Cameroun.
C. Ndi, P. H. Bayemi, A. N. Nfi, F. N. Ekue   +3 more
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Longitudinal monitoring of infection in Gambian lambs and kids by pCS20 PCR and MAP1-B ELISA [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The epidemiology of E. ruminantium infection in extensively managed young animals is not adequately understood. Thus in this study, we monitored the onset (age at first infection) and kinetics of E.
Bonto Faburay, Dirk Geysen, Susanne Munstermann, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Frans Jongejan, CJ O´Callaghan, RAI Norval, BD Perry, G Uilenberg, JL Du Plessis, WO Neitz, G Uilenberg, E Camus, SL Deem, RAI Norval, SD Waghela, SM Mahan, TF Peter, SM Semu, JL Du Plessis, SM Mahan, AHM Van Vliet, SM Mahan, O Kakono, DT De Waal, L Bell-Sakyi, B Faburay, B Faburay, B Faburay, J Jaitner, RC Mattioli, RC Mattioli, HS Purchase, BH Simbi, D Geysen, MM Mboloi, AHM Van Vliet, TF Peter, R Mondry, F Jongejan, RS Everitt, JC Wilson, JE Dawson, JL Zaugg, P Fiset, JD Bezuidenhout, JA Lawrence, JD Bezuidenhout, F Jongejan, METP Allsopp, L Bell-Sakyi, JL Du Plessis, PJ Quinn, S Osaer, DD Whitelaw, RC Mattioli, RC Mattioli   +56 more
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Factors associated to Amblyomma variegatum presence on farms in Nevis and determination of high risks TBR areas [PDF]

, 2012
Tropical Bont Tick (TBT), Amblyomma variegatum, is an invasive tick species of ruminants present in 10 Caribbean islands. TBT and the associated disease dermatophilosis, have been a challenge to livestock development in Nevis, Northern West Indies, for ...
Alfred, S., Bartlette-Powell, P., Beattie, P., Delgado, Amy, Lefrançois, Thierry, Morton, B., Porphyre, Thibaud, Pradel, Jennifer, Sampson, S., Shaw, J.   +9 more
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Beware of hitchhiking ticks? Clarifying the variable roles of bird species in tick movement along migratory routes

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
Ticks are blood‐feeding parasites which act as major vectors for various pathogenic microorganisms affecting both animal and human health. Hard ticks are known to move passively (i.e. ‘hitchhike') on migratory birds as they transit between breeding and non‐breeding grounds.
Lars Burnus, Joe Wynn, Miriam Liedvogel, Robert E. Rollins   +3 more
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The functional response of metamorphosis rates to climatic variation: A case study with Amblyomma variegatum [PDF]

, 2012
Amblyomma variegatum is a three host hard tick that has demonstrated extensive range expansion over the last 150 years. This _Tropical Bont Tick_ vectors a number of economically important bacterial diseases of ruminants including the pathogen Ehrlichia ...
Guinat, Claire, Lancelot, Renaud, Pleydell, David, Rahajarison, Patrick, Stachurski, Frédéric   +4 more
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