Dabuwaat Lazarus Ezekiel1 and Deme Gideon Gywa
Plateau State Polytechnic, Nigeria
University of Abuja, Nigeria
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Bacteriol Parasitol
Generally, the parasites transmitted by ticks constitute a major health problem in livestock and the livestock industry. The lean information on the ticks and their borne information in Abuja necessitated the survey to provide a checklist of ticks found in the study area a survey of ticks and tick-borne infections was carried out between June and November 2010. The 200 animals were sampled, only the cattle were infected with Babesia marginale 4 (4.00%), Anaplasma bigemina 2 (2.00%) and Anaplasma central 2(2.00%) but none of the in sheep and goats were infected with any of the parasite. Among the ticks collected were Amblyomma variegatum (38:45.78%) with higher occurrence, while others include; Hyalomma truncatum (20:24.10%), Boophillus decoloratus (16:19.28%) Repiephallus spp. (8:9.64%) and Ornithodorus spp (1:1.26%) being the least. The relationship between infection rate and sexes of cattle showed a significant difference at (P<0.05) while there was no significant difference (P>0.05) in relation to age of the cattle using Chi-Square. The current study was able to provide baseline information on prevalence of ticks and their borne infections. This therefore poses great consequences to livestock in Gwagwalada, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.