Seasonal activity of each ixodid tick infesting domestic ruminants was determined.
Moslem Sarani, Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Abdolreza Salahi Moghaddam, Kamal Azam, MohammadMehdi Sedaghat 2014, 'Distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic ruminants in mountainousareas of Golestan province, Iran', Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicinehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115302768. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ixodid ticks transmit various pathogens of deadly diseases to humans and animals.
Kyaw Min Aung, Damdinsuren Boldbaatar, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Min Liao, NaotoshiTsuji, Xuan Xuenan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Aiko Kume, Remil Linggatong Galay, Tetsuya Tanaka,Kozo Fujisaki 2012, 'HlSRB, a Class B scavenger receptor, is key to the granulocyte-mediated microbialphagocytosis in ticks.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3315565?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, ixodid ticks were sampled from the same flocks.
Gholamreza Razmi, Saeed Yaghfoori 2013, 'Molecular surveillance of Theileria ovis, Theileria lestoquardi and Theileriaannulata infection in sheep and ixodid ticks in Iran', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Researchhttps://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/635. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three ixodid tick species were collected from the hedgehogs.
Ivan G. Horak, Shaun Welman, Stacey L. Hallam, Heike Lutermann, Nomakwezi Mzilikazi 2011, 'Ticks of four-toed elephant shrews and Southern African hedgehogs', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Researchhttps://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/243. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In total, 169 ixodid ticks were collected from different areas of the province.
Gholamreza Razmi, Saeed Yaghfoori 2013, 'Molecular surveillance of Theileria ovis, Theileria lestoquardi and Theileriaannulata infection in sheep and ixodid ticks in Iran', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Researchhttps://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/635. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They are mainly transmitted by ixodid or argasid ticks.
Kiwa Furuno, Kyunglee Lee, Yukie Itoh, Kazuo Suzuki, Kenzo Yonemitsu, Ryusei Kuwata,Hiroshi Shimoda, Masahisa Watarai, Ken Maeda, Ai Takano 2017, 'Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticksand wild animals in the western part of Japan', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0174727. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total of 6,012 adult and immature ticks belonging to 12 species (11 ixodid and one argasid) were collected.
Kaushal Kumar, N. Balakrishnan, Abhay Kumar Sharma 2014, 'Studies on the Vertical Distribution of Ticks of Domestic Animals and Their PublicHealth Importance in Nilgiri Hills and Adjoining Areas of Tamil Nadu State (India)',International Journal of Zoologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/359812. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Twenty-eight ixodid tick species were recovered.
I.G. Horak, H. Golezardy, A.C. Uys 2007, 'Ticks associated with the three largest wild ruminant species in Southern Africa',Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Researchhttps://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/126. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)