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Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan

AIM:: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological infestation and identification of Ixodidae and Argasidae ticks species in buffalo of different parts of district Khairpur, Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: A total of 720 Water buffaloes from three tehsils (subdivisions) were selected...

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Autores principales: Abbasi, Farzana, Abbasi, Imtiaz Hussain Raja, Nissa, Tahmeena Fakhur, Bhutto, Zohaib Ahmed, Arain, Muhammed Asif, Soomro, Rab Nawaz, Siyal, Farman Ali, Fazlani, Sarfraz Ali
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Publicado: Veterinary World 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717323
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2017.688-694
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author Abbasi, Farzana
Abbasi, Imtiaz Hussain Raja
Nissa, Tahmeena Fakhur
Bhutto, Zohaib Ahmed
Arain, Muhammed Asif
Soomro, Rab Nawaz
Siyal, Farman Ali
Fazlani, Sarfraz Ali
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Abbasi, Imtiaz Hussain Raja
Nissa, Tahmeena Fakhur
Bhutto, Zohaib Ahmed
Arain, Muhammed Asif
Soomro, Rab Nawaz
Siyal, Farman Ali
Fazlani, Sarfraz Ali
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description AIM:: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological infestation and identification of Ixodidae and Argasidae ticks species in buffalo of different parts of district Khairpur, Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: A total of 720 Water buffaloes from three tehsils (subdivisions) were selected randomly and examined from organized and unorganized dairy farms for tick infestation in district Khairpur, Pakistan. This epidemiological survey was conducted during April to September 2015. RESULTS:: The overall mean population and preferred site of tick attachment to infested animals, in Gambat, Sobhodero, and Kot Diji tehsils, were observed on different body parts. The primary body area of infestation by ticks (head, thorax, abdomen, udder, and tail) ranged from highest in tail and udder part compared to lowest in the abdomen, head, and thorax. In all study areas, the infestation was higher (p<0.05) in tail and udder than other parts of the body. In all the study areas, the overall highest population was found in the month of July. In addition, we first time identify four new species of ticks (Hyalomma anatolicum, H. anatolicum excavatum, Hyalomma Ixodes excavatum, and Ixodes ricinus) in district Khairpur, Pakistan. CONCLUSION:: Results of this study provide additional information of epidemiological tick infestation, and will be helpful for evolving effective control policy for the management of tick infestation in study district.
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spelling pubmed-54990882017-07-17 Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan Abbasi, Farzana Abbasi, Imtiaz Hussain Raja Nissa, Tahmeena Fakhur Bhutto, Zohaib Ahmed Arain, Muhammed Asif Soomro, Rab Nawaz Siyal, Farman Ali Fazlani, Sarfraz Ali Vet World Research Article AIM:: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological infestation and identification of Ixodidae and Argasidae ticks species in buffalo of different parts of district Khairpur, Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: A total of 720 Water buffaloes from three tehsils (subdivisions) were selected randomly and examined from organized and unorganized dairy farms for tick infestation in district Khairpur, Pakistan. This epidemiological survey was conducted during April to September 2015. RESULTS:: The overall mean population and preferred site of tick attachment to infested animals, in Gambat, Sobhodero, and Kot Diji tehsils, were observed on different body parts. The primary body area of infestation by ticks (head, thorax, abdomen, udder, and tail) ranged from highest in tail and udder part compared to lowest in the abdomen, head, and thorax. In all study areas, the infestation was higher (p<0.05) in tail and udder than other parts of the body. In all the study areas, the overall highest population was found in the month of July. In addition, we first time identify four new species of ticks (Hyalomma anatolicum, H. anatolicum excavatum, Hyalomma Ixodes excavatum, and Ixodes ricinus) in district Khairpur, Pakistan. CONCLUSION:: Results of this study provide additional information of epidemiological tick infestation, and will be helpful for evolving effective control policy for the management of tick infestation in study district. Veterinary World 2017-06 2017-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5499088/ /pubmed/28717323 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2017.688-694 Text en Copyright: © Abbasi, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Abbasi, Farzana
Abbasi, Imtiaz Hussain Raja
Nissa, Tahmeena Fakhur
Bhutto, Zohaib Ahmed
Arain, Muhammed Asif
Soomro, Rab Nawaz
Siyal, Farman Ali
Fazlani, Sarfraz Ali
Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title_full Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title_fullStr Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title_short Epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district Khairpur, Pakistan
title_sort epidemiological study of tick infestation in buffalo of various regions of district khairpur, pakistan
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717323
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2017.688-694
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