Sensitivity of Different Cattle Breeds to the Infestation of Cattle Ticks Amblyomma variegatum, Rhipicephalus microplus, and Hyalomma spp. on the Natural Pastures of Opkara Farm, Benin

Table 5

Infestation of anatomical regions of cattle by different tick species.

Anatomical regions	Ticks species	Borgou	Azawak	Crossbred	Girolando	Sig
		Means ± SE	Means ± SE	Means ± SE	Means ± SE
Head and neck	A. variegatum					NS
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.
Ears	A. variegatum
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.					NS
Back and croup	A. variegatum
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.
Abdominal	A. variegatum					NS
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.
Ventrogenital	A. variegatum
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.					NS
Tail	A. variegatum					NS
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.
Legs	A. variegatum
	R. microplus
	Hyalomma spp.

SE: standard error; ; ; ; . a, b, and ab: means with the same letters within lines are not significantly different, (averages of the same line, followed by the same letter, do not differ significantly at the 5% level).