Mazhetese, Estere http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-0014
Lukanji, Zinathi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-6614
Byaruhanga, Charles http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-6400
Neves, Luis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-5996
Morar-Leather, Darshana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-8574
Funding for this research was provided by:
Belgian American Educational Foundation (DGD-ITM 2017-2021 (FA4))
Article History
Received: 8 August 2021
Accepted: 25 January 2022
First Online: 25 February 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Approval to perform this project was granted by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) (Certificate number V045-18) and Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa. Approval was also obtained from the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa (Reference number 12/11/1/1/6(811) for collection and transportation of the samples from the collection sites to the laboratory for processing.
: This research did not involve any human participants. Before ticks were collected from the cattle at the two dip tanks, verbal consent was obtained from the cattle owners.
: Not applicable.