Payame Noor University Experimental animal Biology 2322-2387 13 3 2025 02 19 Taxonomic study of livestock ticks in Kajur area of Mazandaran ‎province with the help of ‎morphometric traits Taxonomic study of livestock ticks in Kajur area of Mazandaran ‎province with the help of ‎morphometric traits 25 40 12016 10.30473/eab.2025.71300.1950 FA Fatemeh Khajeh Hoseyni ‎Department of Biology, Faculty of ‎Basic Sciences, Arak University, ‎Arak, Iran Alireza Shayestehfar ‎Department of Biology, Faculty of ‎Basic Sciences, Arak University, ‎Arak, Iran Mahdi Khodaei-Motlagh ‎Department of Animal Science, ‎Faculty of Agriculture and Natural ‎Resources, Arak University, Arak, ‎Iran Alireza Pesarakloo ‎Department of Biology, Faculty of ‎Basic Sciences, Arak University, ‎Arak, Iran Journal Article 2024 05 11 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. 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.

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