Publications
| the importance of cattle as a food source for glossina morsitans morsitans katete district, eastern province, zambia. | the feeding habits of glossina morsitans morsitans in the eastern province of zambia were studied. a total of 687 meals were identified. results show that 75.1% of the meals were taken on cattle. these results are discussed in relation to the published data on feeding patterns of glossina morsitans morsitans and the control of tsetse or tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis in the study area. | 1997 | 9164604 |
| ecology and phenology of ticks in zambia: seasonal dynamics on cattle. | a study of the seasonality and infestation rates of ticks was carried out in 11 cattle herds in different ecological habitats in zambia between 1980 and 1982. wherever possible supplementary data were obtained from opportunistic collections from cattle and other hosts. analysis of over 1000 tick collections from cattle indicated that infestation rates of the most important species, amblyomma variegatum and rhipicephalus appendiculatus vary in different ecological habitats: (i) in western provinc ... | 1986 | 3451861 |