Vol. 11, Issue 1, Part B (2026)

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<0.0033). These arthropods pose a real risk of introducing zoonoses and emerging diseases, with cattle serving as the vehicles for their introduction into Gabon.