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Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 52 No. 3, 2021.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.52.3.4

Difference in tick infestations: Hyalomma dromedarii and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato in southern Algeria

Kheira Lakehal ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Biological and Agronomic Sciences (LSBA), Telidji Amar University, Laghouat, Algeria
Radhwane Saidi ; Department of Agronomy, Laboratory of Biological and Agronomic Sciences (LSBA), Telidji Amar University, BP 37G, Ghardaïa Road, 03000 Laghouat, Algeria
Mohammed Mokhtar Rahmani ; Department of Agronomy, Laboratory of Biological and Agronomic Sciences (LSBA), Telidji Amar University, BP 37G, Ghardaïa Road, 03000 Laghouat, Algeria
Rachid Kaidi ; Institute of Veterinary Sciences, Laboratory of biotechnology related to animal breeding, University Saad Dahleb, BP: 270, Soumaa road, Blida, Algeria
Nora Mimoune orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0900-3908 ; Institute of Veterinary Sciences, Laboratory of biotechnology related to animal breeding, University Saad Dahleb, BP: 270, Soumaa road, Blida, Algeria; Higher National Veterinary School of Algiers, Algeria
Farouk Benaceur ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Biological and Agronomic Sciences (LSBA), Telidji Amar University, BP 37G, Ghardaïa Road, 03000 Laghouat, Algeria

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the species and parasitic indices of ticks. A flock of 57 individuals (sheep, goats, cattle and dogs) in southern Algeria was studied from March 2019 to February 2020 during monthly visits. A total of 2544 ticks were collected by examining the entire body of the animal. Two tick species were identified: Hyalomma dromedarii (2430 ticks) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (114 ticks). The first species had annual activity and consisted only of adults, while the second species had spring and summer activity and contained both adults and nymphs. At the annual level, the prevalence of infestation, abundance, and intensity were 38.60%, 44.63 and 115.64 ticks per animal, respectively. At the monthly level there were species specific
fluctuations, with a peak in activity in September.

Keywords

Tick; Hyalomma dromedarii; Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato; infestation

Hrčak ID:

247369

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/247369

Publication date:

16.12.2021.

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