Prevalence of Ticks Infesting Dairy Cattle and the Pathogens They Harbour in Smallholder Farms in Peri-Urban Areas of Nairobi, Kenya

Table 1

Distribution of the tick species identified from dairy cattle in peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya.

Tick species	No. of ticks collected (%, n = 94)
Rhipicephalus (Rh.) species
Rh. (boophilus) decoloratus	23 (24.5)
Rh. evertsi evertsi	11 (11.7)
Rh. pulchellus	11 (11.7)
Rh. (boophilus) microplus	6 (6.4)
Rh. sanguineous	5 (5.3)
Rh. simus	3 (3.2)
Rh. appendiculatus	3 (3.2)
Rh. praetextatus	1 (1.2)
Amblyomma (A.) species
A. variegatum	15 (15.6)
A. gemma	3 (3.2)
Hyalomma (H.) species
H. rufipes	8 (8.5)
H. truncatum	5 (5.3)
Total	94 (100)