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Table 2 Percentage of distribution of tick species among cattle and sheep

From: First detection and molecular characterization of Jingmen tick virus with a high occurrence in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from livestock in Cameroon (2024)

Tick species (N = 622)

n

%

Rhipicephalus (B.) microplus

472

75.9

Cattle

453

76.9

Sheep

19

57.6

Amblyomma variegatum

118

19.0

Cattle

105

17.8

Sheep

13

39.4

Hyalomma truncatum

13

2.1

Cattle

13

2.2

Sheep

0

0.0

Hyalomma rufipes

2

0.3

Cattle

2

0.3

Sheep

0

0.0

Rhipicephalus spp.

17

2.7

Cattle

16

2.7

Sheep

1

3.0

Overall cattle

589

94.7

Overall sheep

33

5.3

Total

622