Research Article
Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Tick Infestations in Kassena-Nankana Livestock
Table 4
Seasonal distribution of tick species.
| | Tick species | Total no. (%) | Nymph | Adult | | Wet | Dry | -value | Wet | Dry | value |
| | Amblyomma variegatum | 976 (62.98) | — | 201 | — | 741 | 34 | <0.001 | | Hyalomma rufipes | 169 (10.9) | — | — | — | 16 | 153 | 0.6497 | | Hyalomma truncatum | 121 (7.81) | — | 5 | — | 6 | 110 | 0.19 | | Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | 181 (12) | — | — | — | 74 | 112 | 0.4343 | | Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) sp. | 86 (5.35) | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | | Rhipicephalus geigyi | 14 (0.9) | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | | Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) | 3 (0.06) | — | | — | — | 1 | — |
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