Taxonomic study of livestock ticks in Kajur area of Mazandaran ‎province with the help of ‎morphometric traits

Khajeh Hoseyni, Fatemeh; Shayestehfar, Alireza; Khodaei-Motlagh, Mahdi; Pesarakloo, Alireza

doi:10.30473/eab.2025.71300.1950

Document Type : Article

Authors

¹ ‎Department of Biology, Faculty of ‎Basic Sciences, Arak University, ‎Arak, Iran

² ‎Department of Animal Science, ‎Faculty of Agriculture and Natural ‎Resources, Arak University, Arak, ‎Iran

10.30473/eab.2025.71300.1950

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% 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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Main Subjects

animal biosystematic

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Taxonomic study of livestock ticks in Kajur area of Mazandaran ‎province with the help of ‎morphometric traits

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Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51
June 2025
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Taxonomic study of livestock ticks in Kajur area of Mazandaran ‎province with the help of ‎morphometric traits

References

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Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51June 2025Pages 25-40

Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51
June 2025
Pages 25-40