Investigation of the principal vectors of abortive diseases in one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius)
| Autor: | El Aid Kaaboub, Nassim Ouchene, Nadjet A. Ouchene, Ali Dahmani, Imene Ouchtati, Asma Haif, Djamel Khelef |
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| Jazyk: | Arabic<br />English |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 411-415 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1607-3894 2071-1255 38357801 |
| DOI: | 10.33899/ijvs.2020.126914.1415 |
| Popis: | One-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) are important source of meat, milk and leather production for humans in southern Algeria. Camel livestock farming is confronted with several obstacles, including abortive diseases which can be transmitted mainly by ticks. The study was carried out in Ouargla region, South Algeria, between January and December 2017. The objective of this study was to identify ticks in camels and to study the relationship between camel abortion rate and the presence of different species of ticks. A total of 350 camels (including 171 males and 179 females) was used in this study. Ticks were searched on the entire camel body (head, neck, hump, abdomen, forelegs, back legs, and tail area). Results showed that 215/350 (61.4%) camels were infested by ticks including 137/171 (80.1%) and 78/179 (43.6%) males and females, respectively. A total of 46/179 (25.7%) camel females had aborted and all these were revealed infested by ticks. A total of 298 ticks was collected including the following species Hyalomma dromedarii (90.9%), Hyalomma impeltatum (5.37%) and for the first time in Algeria, Amblyomma variegatum (2.35%) and Rhipicephalus turanicus (1.34%). H. dromedarii was the most frequent (p |
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