animal biosystematic
Fatemeh Khajeh hoseyni; Alireza Shayestehfar; Mahdi Khodaei-Motlagh; Alireza Pesarakloo
Abstract
Ticks are scattered all over the world as aquatic and terrestrial groups. Livestock ticks are obligate parasites that target small and large livestock. In this study, 5 stations in the Kojur region were selected and livestock were sampled. The tick samples collected in Eppendorf bottles containing 70% ...
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Ticks are scattered all over the world as aquatic and terrestrial groups. Livestock ticks are obligate parasites that target small and large livestock. In this study, 5 stations in the Kojur region were selected and livestock were sampled. The tick samples collected in Eppendorf bottles containing 70% ethanol and 5% glycerin were transferred to the laboratory of Arak University. They were identified with the help of valid identification keys of their genus and species. In this research, 173 livestock including 95 cattle and 78 sheep were studied, of which 139 were infected with ticks. A total of 572 ticks (420 ticks belonging to the hard tick family and 152 ticks belonging to the soft tick family) were collected. From the Ixodidae family, six species belonging to the three genera Hyalomma, Haemaphysalis, and Rhipicephalus, including two species Hy. anatolicum and Hy. asiaticum, two species of Ha. Punctate and Ha. sulcata, and two species R. Sanguineus and R. Turanicus were identified. In the family Argasidae 2 genera and 3 species were identified, which genera include Argas and Ornithodoros. In this family, Argas species were completely distinguished from Ornitodoros species. From the Argas genus, A. persicus and A. reflexus species and from Ornithodoros genus, O. lahorensis species have been isolated and identified.
Masumeh Akbari; Mahdi Khodaei; Alireza Shayestehfar; Seyyed Mehdi Talebi
Abstract
Tick transmit infective agents to humans and animals, and carriers of parasitic and viral diseases such as the Crimean Congo bleeding fever. The purpose of this study was to identify valuable morphobiometric characters for differentiation of Ixodida order using morphobiometric methods. For this purpose, ...
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Tick transmit infective agents to humans and animals, and carriers of parasitic and viral diseases such as the Crimean Congo bleeding fever. The purpose of this study was to identify valuable morphobiometric characters for differentiation of Ixodida order using morphobiometric methods. For this purpose, a total of 186 ticks were identified from the Argasidae family belonging to the two genera of Argas and Ornithodoros, including the species Argas persicus, A. reflexus and Ornithodoros Lahorensis. 413 ticks are from the Ixodidae family, which belongs to 3 genera and 5 species including Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. turanicus, Hyalomma anatolicum, H. asiaticum, Haemaphysalis sulcata and were identified using several valid identification keys. The study of species diversity and frequency of cattle, sheep and goats in all age groups and both sexes were done in ruminant including cattle, sheep and goats. To this end, 20 stations were selected in the Mashhad Meyghan area and sampling was carried out monthly and during one year from April to March 2017. A total of 18 morphobiometric parameters were determined using calibrated stereomicroscope. The data were analyzed by PCA method and analyzed using SPSS software (version 16), and analyzed by UPGMA, PCO and PCA methods using MVSP software, then shrubs and the corresponding charts were drawn. In PCA analysis, a total of 4 components of morphobiometric traits were obtained, which explained 91% of the total variance. One-way ANOVA showed a significant difference between between most of the traits.
