Distribution of tick species collected from cattle in three biotopes, and results of their molecular analyses.

1Tick species significantly more abundant in a biotope type, than in other(s), are marked with bold character. Abbreviations are “A.” for Amblyomma, “Rh.” for Rhipicephalus. Other Rhipicephalus spp. imply Rh. praetextatus and Rh. evertsi.2The number of asterisks (* or **) indicates the number of nymphs included in a sample number.3Upper index capital letters (A, B, C) on the numbers of Theileria positive samples indicate genotypes (for legend see Tables 2–4). Theileria genotypes unique to a tick species are marked with underlined superscript.The Hyalomma rufipes male was PCR negative in all tests, therefore not shown.Distribution of tick species collected from cattle in three biotopes, and results of their molecular analyses.