| خلاصه مقاله | Background: Ticks are arthropods that belong to the Arachnids and can be easily distinguished from insects by having four pairs of legs, the absence of antennae and wings, and the absence of specific joints in the body. The study of ticks in Iran was started by Delpy in 1936. Later, different researchers have worked on ticks in Iran from different aspects. Ticks are the most abundant transient obligate parasites of terrestrial vertebrates, which are of significant medical and zoonosis importance. They are a serious threat to animal health and public health in many regions of the world. Because they are able to directly harm and transmit parasitic, viral and bacterial pathogens. Controlling ticks and diseases transmitted by them is of great health importance in maintaining the health of livestock and their products. Determining the extent of livestock infestation by ticks, identifying the dominant ticks in the region, knowing their seasonal activity can be a good way to fight against ticks, prevent diseases in the region by them, and prevent economic losses caused by livestock losses in the region. This faunstic study was conducted with the aim of determining the fauna of ticks and their distribution in East Azarbaijan province .
methods:
In this study, which was a cross-sectional descriptive study, one village was randomly selected from each county. In the spring and summer of 2017 and 2018, samples were collected from household livestock units and indoor areas. Livestock, which included cows, sheep, goats, horses, and chickens, were examined for sampling. Ticks that are feeding on animals are separated from different parts of the animal's body such as the earlobe, groin, base of the tail and back of the body, belly and places with more wool by searching in their wool and hair, and placed in a glass vial containing alcohol. 70% were brought to the laboratory, then using the defined characters and available keys such as Hoogstral and Kaiser, the genera and species of the collected ticks were identified
Results:
In this study, 6 genus of ticks including 2 genus of soft ticks (Argas and Ornithodorus) And 4 genera of hard ticks (Hyalomma, Rhipicephalus Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor) and 11 species of hard ticks and four species of soft ticks were collected and identified. Argas persicus (18%) was the dominant soft tick and Dermacentor marginatus (31%) was the dominant hard tick of the province, followed by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (25%). In total, the abundance of 13 species of ticks collected were: Dermacentor marginatus (31%) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (25%), Hyalomma marginatum (10%), Argas persicus (18%), Haemaphysalis sulcata (10%), Hyalomma anatolicum (1%), Hyalomma asiaticum (0.7%) and Haemaphysalis inermis (0.7%) and Ornithodorus lahorensis (0.70%), Ornithodorus canesterini (0.7%) and Rhipicephalus bursa (0.5%) Haemaphysalis concinna (0.5%), Argas reflexus (0.5%)
Conclusion: The present study showed that the fauna of different regions is different according to the weather conditions and geographical location. The dominant species of each region is specific to that region, and the geographical distribution and distribution of ticks is different in each province and even city, which can help in choosing methods of controlling ticks in the region. In this study, 6 genera and 13 species were identified, and the dominant species of the province was Dermacentor marginatus from hard ticks and Argas percicus from soft ticks. |