ARTHROPOD PARASITES OF HARTMANN MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, EQUUS-ZEBRA-HARTMANNAE, IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA NAMIBIA

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 51  (3) , 183-187
Abstract
Twelve E. zebra hartmannae were shot for arthropod parasite recovery during the period June 1980 to June 1981 on a farm in the Khomas Hochland region of South West Africa/Namibia. Gasterophilus meridionalis, G. nasalis, g. pecorum and Gasterophilus sp. larvae, Rhinoestrus uzbekistanicus larvae, Hyalomma marginatum rufipes, H. truncatum and Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus were recovered. The seasonal prevalence of the Gasterophilus species larvae and of R. evertsi mimeticus was determined. Three horses examined on the same farm were infested with larvae of 2 Gasterophilus species and with the same ixodid tick species as the zebras.