Seasonal distribution and faunistic of ticks in the Alashtar county (Lorestan Province), Iran
| Autor: | Behrouz Davari, Hassan Nasirian, Mansour Nazari, Aref Salehzadeh, Firoz Nazari Alam, Mohammad Abdigoudarzi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Haemaphysalis concinna Livestock Ixodidae Rhipicephalus sanguineus Hyalomma marginatum 030231 tropical medicine Tick Iran Hyalomma dromedarii soft tick 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine faunistic seasonal distribution CCHF Medicine Animals Rhipicephalus annulatus Sheep biology business.industry Goats Research Argasidae General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Tick Infestations Cattle Seasons business hard tick |
| Zdroj: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | Introduction Ticks are non-permanent obligate parasites that have considerable medical-veterinary and zoonosis importance. In this regard a study designed to investigate the distribution and fauna of ticks in the Alashtar county in Iran from April and March 2014. Methods Ticks were collected from livestock farms and facilities from selected rural and geographically location in the Alashtar county. Based morphological characteristics and reference identification keys, ticks were identified. Results A total of 549 ticks including 411 hard and 138 soft ticks were found. Ten tick species including Haemaphysalis concinna (0.36%), Haemaphysalis sulcata (0.36%), Hyalomma anatolicum (0.18%), Hyalomma dromedarii (0.18%), Hyalomma marginatum (1.45 %), Hyalomma schulzei (0.36%), Rhipicephalus annulatus (0.18%), Rhipicephalus bursa (28.1%), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (43.63%) and Argas persicus (25.2%) were identified. Tick seasonal distribution were 47.26%, 22.63%, 14.96% and 15.15% in the spring, summer, autumn and winter, respectively. The tick distribution was more from plain areas (64.96%) than the mountainous areas (35.04%). The rates of the tick contamination were 97.3% and 2.7% in the traditional and industrial livestock's, respectively. The livestock contamination ranks to the hard ticks were cattle (39.51%), sheep (34.15%) and goats (26.34 %), respectively. Chi-square analysis showed a significant difference among the seasonal distribution of the ticks in the spring, summer and autumn or winter; between the tick distribution in the plain and mountainous areas; and between the traditional and industrial livestock's tick contamination (P < 0.05). Conclusion Present study proves to change the traditional livestock's to the industrial livestock's. These findings highlight the importance of ticks and shows need to their control and tick pest management. |
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