Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Habibollah Kooshki, Hamideh Edalat, Hassan Vatandoost, Hasan Bakhshi, Faezeh Faghihi, Asadollah Hosseini-Chegeni, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi
BACKGROUND: Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites of many vertebrates and act as vectors of a wide range of vector-borne diseases. Alongside pathogens transmission, ticks also cause economic losses in animal industry such as production loss, physical damage, anemia, and poisoning. This study aimed to determine the fauna, geographical distribution and seasonal activity of ticks collected from animals in Lorestan Province, west of Iran. METHODS: Ticks were collected from domestic animals including cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, pigeons, as well as wild animals such as jackals in 2017-2018...
September 2022: Journal of Arthropod-borne Diseases