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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Serra da Canastra National Park in Minas Gerais, Brazil: species, abundance, ecological and seasonal aspects with notes on rickettsial infection.
Exp Appl Acarol
November 2018
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-270, Brazil.
The Cerrado Biome is the second largest in Brazil covering roughly 2 million km, with varying features throughout its area. The Biome is endangered but it is also source of animal species for rural, green urban and degraded rainforest areas. Ticks are among Cerrado species that establish at anthropogenic sites and although information about them is steadily increasing, several features are unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeasonal distribution and faunistic of ticks in the Alashtar county (Lorestan Province), Iran.
Pan Afr Med J
December 2017
Department of Medical Entomology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to investigate tick distribution and species in Alashtar county, Iran, focusing on livestock from March to April 2014.
- Researchers identified a total of 549 ticks, including 411 hard ticks and 138 soft ticks, with significant seasonal and geographical differences in their distribution.
- The results emphasized the higher contamination rates in traditional livestock compared to industrial livestock and underscored the necessity for tick control measures.
Prevalence of tick infestation in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) brought for slaughter in Mashhad abattoir, Iran.
J Parasit Dis
September 2015
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of tick infestation and identify tick species that parasitize dromedary camels. Since April 2012 through March 2013, a total of 400 camels that brought for slaughter in Mashhad abattoir were examined for tick infestation. Out of the total 400 camels examined, 237 were infested and annual prevalence of tick infestation 59.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpecies Diversity and Distribution of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Zabol County, Eastern Iran.
J Arthropod Borne Dis
December 2014
Veterinary Office of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
Background: Ticks are important vectors of human and animal pathogens. They are considered as main vectors for transmission of many viral, bacterial, rickettsial and parasitical pathogens. The aim of the present study was to find out species diversity of ticks, which infested the domestic ruminants in Zabol County, Eastern Iran in 2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst survey of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle, sheep and goats in Boeen Zahra and Takistan counties, Iran.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed
June 2012
Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Objective: To carry out the distribution survey of hard ticks of livestock in Boeen Zahra and Takistan counties of Qazvin province from April 2010 to September 2010.
Methods: Nearly about 2 638 sheep, 461 goats and 318 cattle of 38 herds in different geographical areas were searched for tick infestation.
Results: The species compositions collected from the livestock of Boeen Zahra and Takistan were Haemaphysalis concinna (0.
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