This study aimed to detect Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting asymptomatic domestic animals and provide insight into their potential spillover from wild animals. In total, 537 tick specimens were collected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, morphologically identified. The most prevalent species was Haemaphysalis cornupunctata (69; 12.8%), followed by kashmirensis (62; 11.5%), Rhipicephalus microplus...

Ticks, the notorious ectoparasite, are frequently infest cattle and cause various disease conditions acts as vector of pathogenic organism. To determine tick infestation in four Districts Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, a total 1200 (300 from each district) were randomly examined throughout year. Four hundred ticks (100 collected microscopically identified to prevalence specific ticks. Among cat...

Background:Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-borne viral zoonotic disease that endemic in Iran. The CCHF virus spread by RNA of the genus Orthonairovirus , family Nairoviridae. has been identified as most frequent hemorrhagic fever route transmission to humans through infected tick bites, contact with livestock, blood or tissues humans. Objectives: aim this study was in...

A cross-sectional study was conducted in River Nile State, Sudan, between June to August 2018 determine the prevalence of tick infestation on sheep and potential risk factors associated with infestation. total 135 from five different localities (Shendi, Al Matamah, Ad-Damer, Atbara, Berber) were examined and, these, 90 tick-infested (66.7%). 340 ticks (male 185, female 155) collected identified...

ticks are vectors of some important arthropod-borne diseases in both fields of veterinary and medicine, such as lyme, tularemia, rocky mountain spotted fever, and some types of encephalitis as well as crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf). iran is known as one of the main foci of cchf in west of asia. this study was conducted in darrehshahr county because of the development of animal husbandry...

ixodidae family members have got their importance due to their ability to transmit different pathogens to their hosts. there are some losses due to their direct blood feeding that may lead to anemia, tick paralysis and hide damage too. in this study three geographical strains of hyalomma were collected from fields. they have been reared at laboratory in incubator and on rabbit and sheep for blo...

background : hedgehogs are small, nocturnal mammals which become popular in the world and have important role in transmission of zoonotic agents. thus, the present study aimed to survey ectoparasite infestation from april 2010 to december 2011 in urban and suburban parts of urmia and tabriz cities, northwest of iran. methods : a total number of 84 hedgehogs (40 females and 44 males) were examin...

A total number of 450 blood samples were collected from 45 different randomly selected cattle herds. Light microscopic examination of blood smears revealed Babesia spp. infection in 4.2%, while 8.9% of blood samples were positive using PCR. Upon multiplex-PCR (mPCR), B. bigemina and B. bovis infections were detected in 37/40 (92.5%) and 3/40 (7.5%) samples, respectively. 530 ticks of 10 Ixodid ...