Sili, Gourgélia
Byaruhanga, Charles http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-6400
Horak, Ivan
Steyn, Helena
Chaisi, Mamohale
Oosthuizen, Marinda C.
Neves, Luís
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Pretoria (GS/UP/2016)
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária do Huambo (GS/2016)
Article History
Received: 19 March 2020
Accepted: 7 December 2020
First Online: 8 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest and no competing interests.
: The research was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa (number: V053-16) and followed the AEC guidelines for study design, handling and care of study animals, collection of blood and tick samples and relevant laboratory procedures. Permission to perform the research was granted by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa (Reference number: 12/11/1/1/9).
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