Título:	Cattle tick infestation in Brangus cattle raised with Nellore in central Brazil.
Autor:	ANDREOTTI, R. BARROS, J. C. GARCIA, M. V. RODRIGUES, V. da S. HIGA, L. de O. S. DUARTE, P. O. BLECHA, I. M. Z. BONATTE-JUNIOR, P.
Afiliación:	RENATO ANDREOTTI E SILVA, CNPGC; JACQUELINE CAVALCANTE BARROS, CNPGC; Marcos Valerio Garcia, Bolsista. DCR/Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia - FUNDECT; Vinicius da Silva Rodrigues, Discente de Mestrado, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias - FAMED/Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS; Leandro de Oliveira Souza Higa, Discente de Doutorado, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias - FAMED/Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS; Pâmella Oliveira Duarte, Discente de Doutorado, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias - FAMED/Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS; Isabella Maiumi Zaidan Blecha, Discente de Doutorado, Programa de Pós-graduacão em Ciência Animal - FAMEZ/Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS; Paulino Bonatte-Junior, Discente de Mestrado, Programa de Pós-Graduacão em Ciência Animal - FAMEZ/Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS.
Año:	2018
Referencia:	Semina. Ciências Agrárias, Londrina, v. 39, n. 3, p. 1099-1114, maio/jun. 2018
Descripción:	The present study evaluated the behavior of Rhipicephalus microplus naturally infesting Brangus cattle raised with Nellore animals in the municipality of Água Clara, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil. For the field experiment composed of a group with 15 Brangus animals and 15 Nellore animals and a control group with 30 Brangus cattle, all at the post-weaning stage. The 2 groups were kept for 6 months in 2 adjacent paddocks, naturally infested with ticks, at a stocking rate of approximately 0.6 of an animal unit per hectare (AU/ha). Every 18 days, the animals were weighed, and ticks on both sides of each bovine were counted. Every 36 days, blood was collected for hematocrit measurement and molecular diagnosis of the 3 pathogens that cause tick fever. The Brangus animals had 6.8 times more ticks than the Nellore cattle. No significant difference was observed in the weight gain of the Brangus and Nellore animals, and no correlation between the number of ticks and weight was observed in either group. During the 6 months of the study, all animals presented normal hematocrit, were positive for Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale, and were negative for Babesia bovis. Animals in Group 1 produced 27% fewer ticks than the animals in Group 2. The production rate of engorged female ticks in Nellore and Brangus cattle was 0.83% and 2.01%, respectively. Considering the infestation pattern required to produce 10 engorged females/day/animal, the Nellore and Brangus animals required 1,204 and 497 larvae/day, respectively. Our estimates showed that Brangus cattle need only 11.3% of the larvae in the pastures with Nellore cattle to maintain the infestation level observed in the present study. Brangus animals raised with Nellore cattle do not have a lower parasitic load and continue to suffer from tick infestation. Finally, Nellore cattle raised with Brangus cattle do not act as a cleaner because this grouping does not contribute to a reduced infestation in the Brangus animals. Key words: Bovine. Cattle tick. Control. Infestation.
Thesagro:	Bovino Infestação
Palabras clave:	Carrapato-do-boi Bovine Cattle tick Control Infestation
DOI:	DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2018v39n3p1099
Notas:	Título em português: Infestação de carrapatos em bovinos Brangus criados com Nelore no Brasil central.
Tipo de Material:	Artigo de periódico
Acceso:	openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPGC)