Kouri, Goudali and Bororo cattle from Cameroon real vehicles that introduce ticks of the ixodidae family into Gabon

In order to identify the cattle breeds from Cameroon imported by Gabon as well as the species of ticks from the Ixodidae family that infest these ruminants, 157 cattle aged between 5 and 6 years underwent a morphological examination over a period of 12 months, and the same was done for the ticks collected from these ruminants. The Goudali zebu (83%) and Bororo (16%) and the Kouri cattle (1%) are the three cattle breeds that introduce the tick species Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (65.18%), Amblyomma variegatum (30.45%), Rhipicephalus lunulatus (1.46%), Rhipicephalus simpsoni (0.62%), Hyalomma truncatum (2.09%), and Hyalomma impeltatum (0.2%) in Gabon. Of all the tick populations studied, the first two species were the most significantly abundant (P