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Study the epidemiology of ticks infected Camelus dromedaries in Al-Qadysia city | ||
| Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19 PDF (145.84 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. A. A. AL- Fatlawi; M. H. Hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Tick is one of the most important vectors in animals and this research has made a survey to find out the types of ticks infesting camels in Al-Qadysia city. Ixodes ticks have been found in two species Hyalomma Spp. And Boophilus Spp, 218 animals were examined roughly from Iraqi Camelus dromedaries, 182 were infested with ratio of 83%. The research aimed to discover the relationship between tick infestation and animal sex, 75.3% and 24.7% of female and male were infested respectively. The most infested animals were 5-10 years old and that present 84.6% from examined camels. Ticks were isolated from different site on the body and regarding to their importance as much as the number of ticks isolated, they are beneath the tail in 182 camels, axillaries and inguinal in 182 camels, udder in female in 40 camels, eyelids in 30 camels and other sites of skin in 20 camels. The clinical signs were depression, losing of weight and appetite, emaciation, thickness of eyelids and arrhythmia of skin at the sites were ticks isolated from | ||
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