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The ability of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina: Ixodidae) stocks in Kenya to become infected with Theileria parva

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S.S. Kubasu
S.S. Kubasu*
Affiliation:
National Veterinary Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, Kenya
*
Sammy S. Kubasu, National Museums of Kenya, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Section of Entomology, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Abstract

Eight steers of European breed, Bos taurus type which were shown to be negative for antibodies against Theileria parva, were divided into two groups of four animals each. Animals in one group were inoculated with 0.5 ml undiluted tick-derived T. p. parva Muguga strain and animals in the other group were inoculated with 1 ml undiluted tick-derived T. p. parva Kilae strain to infect them. The two infected groups of cattle were simultaneously infested with uninfected nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann in separate cloth patches. Ticks were from five populations, i.e., four from different geographical zones in Kenya and one laboratory population, in separate cloth patches. After moulting, the adult ticks were fed on rabbits for three days and their salivary glands were examined by microscopy for infective stages of the parasite. This revealed significant differences in the five populations as regards to their susceptibility to Theileria parva parasites.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 349 - 353
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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