Biological Parameters of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) Fed on Rabbits, Sheep, and Cattle.
10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.301
- Author:
Miling MA
1
;
Ze CHEN
;
Aihong LIU
;
Qiaoyun REN
;
Junlong LIU
;
Zhijie LIU
;
Youquan LI
;
Hong YIN
;
Guiquan GUAN
;
Jianxun LUO
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, P. R. China. luojianxun@caas.cn
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus;
biological parameter;
cattle;
rabbit;
sheep
- MeSH:
Animals;
Cattle*;
Female;
Humans;
Larva;
Ovum;
Rabbits*;
Rhipicephalus*;
Sheep*;
Ticks;
Vaccines;
Weights and Measures
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2016;54(3):301-305
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In order to determine the effect of various hosts on feeding performance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, we used 3 mammalian species as hosts, cattle (Qinchuan), sheep (T an), and rabbits (Japanese white rabbit) for infest-ing ticks. Five hundreds of R. microplus larvae were exposed to each animal (3 animals/host species). Tick recoveries were 11.0%, 0.47%, and 5.5% from cattle, sheep, and rabbits, respectively. The averages of tick feeding periods were not significantly different on cattle, sheep, and rabbits, 28.8, 25.3, and 26.7 days, respectively. The average weights of individual engorged female from cattle, sheep, and rabbits were 312.5, 219.1, and 130.2 mg, respectively and those of egg mass weights each to 85.0, 96.6, and 17.8 mg. The highest egg hatching rate was in the ticks from cattle (96.0%), fol-lowed by those from rabbits (83.0%) and sheep (19.2%). These data suggest that rabbits could be as an alternative host to cultivate R. microplus for evaluating vaccines and chemical and biological medicines against the tick in the laboratory, although the biological parameters of ticks were less than those from cattle.
