Ixodid Ticks (Arachnida: Acari) Prevalence Associated with Risk Factors in the Bovine Host in District Quetta, Balochistan
Ixodid Ticks (Arachnida: Acari) Prevalence Associated with Risk Factors in the Bovine Host in District Quetta, Balochistan
Nosheen Rafiq1, Asmatullah Kakar2,*, Arshad Ghani3, Asim Iqbal2, Wali Mohammad Achakzai2, Shagufta Sadozai2, Mohammad Shafiq4 and Mohammad Alam Mengal5
Fig 1
Map of Baluchistan province showing district Quetta.
Fig 2
Map of district Quetta. Blue circles showing study area.
Fig 3
District Quetta guide map. Red circles showing area of study.
Fig 4
Three genera of ticks collected from the cattle species from selected farms in Quetta, Baluchistan. Dorsal view of Hyalomma male (A), Hyalomma female (B), Hyalomma aegyptium male (C), Hyalomma aegyptium female (D), Dermacenter andersoni male (E), Dermacenter andersoni female (F), Boophilus microplus male (G) and Boophilus microplus female (H). Photographs indicate 30 mm.
Fig 5
Distribution ratio of three genera and four species of ixodid tick parasite collected from domestic cow breed, Bovis permiginus in district Quetta.
Prevalence
December 2017
Vol. 49, Iss. 6, Pages 1937-2341
