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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2018

Prevalence, intensity and population dynamics of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on sheep in the humid tropics of Mexico.

Karen C Coronel-Benedett, Nadia Florencia Ojeda-Robertos, Roberto González-Garduño, Francisco Martínez Ibañez, Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Detailed new insights about tick infestations in domestic ruminant groups: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2022
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  4. Morphometrics ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Karen C Coronel-BenedettDivisión Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Centro, Tabasco, Mexico.
Nadia Florencia Ojeda-RobertosDivisión Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Centro, Tabasco, Mexico. nadia.ojeda@ujat.mx.
Roberto González-GarduñoUnidad Regional Universitaria Sursureste, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico.
Francisco Martínez IbañezDepartamento de ectopárasitos y dípteros, Centro Nacional de Servicios de Constatación en Salud Animal, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, Secretaria de Agricultura Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural y Pesca, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico.
Roger Iván Rodríguez-VivasFacultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco · MXAutonomous University of Yucatán · MXChapingo Autonomous University · MXSecretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hard ticks are a perennial problem in livestock systems throughout Mexico. No data are currently available on tick prevalence, infestation intensity and population dynamics for sheep in the humid tropics of Mexico. Blackbelly sheep (n = 30) in Tabasco state, Mexico, were examined every 3 weeks for 1 year, and all Ixodidae ticks were counted and removed for analysis. Tick species were identified, infestation prevalence and intensity calculated per animal, and infestation per body zone determined. Overall infestation on the studied animals was 51.9%. Four tick species were identified (Amblyomma mixtum, A. imitator, Rhipicephalus microplus and R. annulatus), the most abundant being A. mixtum (94.9%). Prevalence was highest during the northwinds season (61.9%), followed by the dry (48.5%) and rainy (47.3%) seasons; however, the intensity (2.01-2.07 ticks/sheep) did not differ between seasons. Infestation was most frequent in certain zones including the axilla, crotch, udder, abdomen, thorax and rib area. Sheep in the humid tropics of Tabasco, Mexico, are parasitized by four hard tick species and prevalence is highest in the northwinds season. The present data constitute an important baseline for developing sustainable tick control programs for sheep in the humid tropics of Mexico.

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AnimalsBiodiversityIxodidaeMexicoPopulation DynamicsPrevalenceSeasonsSheepSheep DiseasesTick InfestationsTropical ClimateAmblyomma mixtumIxodidaePrevalenceSheep

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