Epidemiological Study on the Hard Ticks of Some Domestic  Animals  in Basrah

A.H.H.Awad,; M.Abudl-Hussein, And

	Epidemiological Study on the Hard Ticks of Some Domestic Animals in Basrah
basrah journal of science
Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-108 PDF (0 K)
Authors
; And M.Abudl-Hussein
Abstract
A survey of the hard ticks , infected some animals in Basrah was carried out during the period from 1/1/2004 - 30/12/2004. Results revealed the Presence of three genus of the hard ticks namely Hyalomma ,Phipicephalus and Boophilus. The Hyalomma was the dominant during the study with three species and three subspecies ,there are :H.detritum H. asiatitcum ,H.dromedarii ,H.anatolicum,H.a.excavatum,H.marginatum turanicum.Rhipicephalus has two species ,these are:R.turanicus and R.saguieus .Boophilus has one species that is B annulatus .it was found that H.a.excavatum,H.m.turanicum and R.turanicus scattered in most animals examined while H.asiaticum,H.dromedarii and B.annulatus infected one host only .the area under the tail gained the highest percentage of ticks(45.7%).Cow acquired the highest percentage of infection(55.2%).The highest percentage though out the year was (28%). The present study shows fluctuation of means and percentage of infection in different animals. Buffalo acquired the highest mean of infection that was (8.6) Cow acquired the highest percentage of ticks (male, female and nymph)these were (29.8%),(32.5%),(34%) respectively . Hartha was acquired the highest percentage of infection(52.7%)while Zubair was the lowest (13%).Highest percentage of infection was recorded in Summer (44.6%) while the lowest was in Winer(22.7%).The current study showed relationship between the temperature and the infection.

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