Higher than usual mortality among herbivores in the Ngorongoro Crater was noted beginning in March 2000. In August 2000 a year-old female black rhino (Diceros bicornis) was found dead in the crater floor. The carcass was heavily infested with ticks. On 5 and 14 January 2001 two adult resident female rhinos died. The cause of death was suspected to be… (More)
Tick infestation in the Ngorongoro Crater grassland, In: Proceedings of the TAWIRI Annual Scientific Conference held at Impala Hotel, Arusha, 4–6 December 2001
R. D. Conservation Area Authority. Unpublished. Fyumagwa, H. Wiik