Relative Abundance of the Tick Species Parasitizing Cows in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Bajwa, Muhammad Rashid Khalid; Maqsood, Rabia; Tayyaba, Maria; Riaz, Muhammad Nouman; Ghazal, Huma; Naheed, Nargis; Saifullah, Muhammad; Shah, Syed Hassan Raza

doi:10.21608/eajbse.2022.246661

Relative Abundance of the Tick Species Parasitizing Cows in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

² Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

³ Department of Zoology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore Pakistan

⁴ Department of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

⁵ Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

⁶ Department of Zoology, Government College University Faisalabad Layyah Campus Pakistan

⁷ Department of Theriogenology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan

10.21608/eajbse.2022.246661

Abstract

Ticks are blood-feeding ectoparasites of livestock and human. Ticks can cause directly as well as indirectly losses to humans and animals all over the world. The current study was conducted to determine the abundance of tick infestation and identification of tick species in Faisalabad during 2020. Three tick species were collected belong to three genera; Hyalomma anatolicum (44.88%), Rhipicephalus microplus (30.77%) and Haemaphysalis sulcata (24.33%). Among identified tick species, Hyalomma anatolicum was the dominant species (44.88%) followed by Rhipicephalus microplus (30.77%) and Haemaphysalis sulcata (24.33%). Female animals were highly infested with tick species than male. Young animals carried a greater number of ticks as compared to old or adults animals. Among examined animals, 54.14% and 45.85% animals were recorded positive and negative for tick infestation, respectively.

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