Prevalence and Association of Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) with Various Breeds of Sheep and Goats

Ranking of Internet of Things (IOT) Applications in Dairy Cattle Industry Productivity: A Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach and Thematic Analysis

“…In our present study sheep breeds wise tick high infestation was recorded in Gauder (30.83%) followed by Balkhi (27.63%), Afghani (25.68%) and Rambouillet (15.86%). Gender wise ewes 53.43% rams 35.17% and lamb 11.39% percent infested which is not similar with the one reported by Shahid et al (2022) finding. In current study the highest infestation recorded in Gauder breed which might be due to the humid and poor hygienic condition.…”

Epizootiology and associated risk factors of tick fauna infecting domestic livestock population in district Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

“…Tick infestation rates among the livestock species of different tehsils of the study district were found highest in tehsil Tandlianwala (66%) followed in descending order of abundance by Samundri, Jaranwala, Chak Jhumra, Faisalabad Saddar, and Faisalabad city (Table1).The taxonomic identification of the collected specimens revealed the presence of H. anatolicum, (85%), H. marginatum (1.5%), H. truncatum (1.02%), and R. microplus (12%) as depicted in Plate1. It is observed from the results that the tick prevalence varies among the livestock species which is not different from the reports published elsewhere (Gosh et al, 2007;Sajid et al, 2008;Dantas-Torres et al, 2012;Ashraf et al, 2013;Iqbal et al, 2013;Alamet al, 2013;OIE, 2014;Yun et al, 2015;Shabbir et al, 2016;Sajid et al, 2017;Riaz et al, 2019: Ramzan et al, 2020Hussain et al, 2021;Shahid et al, 2022 The higher prevalence of ticks in cattle than buffalo might be due to the difference of thickness of their coat as it is thinner in the former and thicker in the latter. This might also be attributable to the preferen-4328 M. MAQBOOL, M.S.…”

“…Ticks are prevalent in all areas of the world including Africa (Elghali and Hassan, 2012;Jongejanet al, 2020), Australia (Chandra et al, 2020), Europe (Mysterudet al, 2018), America (Boorgulaet al, 2020), Asia (Sajid et al, 2007(Sajid et al, , 2011(Sajid et al, , 2017Iqbal et al,2013;Jabbar et al,2015;Karim et al, 2017;Ramzan et al, 2018;Riaz et al,2019;Ghaffar et al, 2020;Kamran et al, 2021;Shahid et al, 2022). The distribution of ticks in every region is associated with certain biotic and abiotic factors such as climate, habitat type, humidity, temperature, age, sex, breed, rainfall having a direct impact on the epidemiology of ticks and tickborne zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases (Thamm et al, 2009;Berman, 2011;Sajid et al, 2011;Taye et al, 2015;Ullahet al, 2019;Kifle et al, 2021;Kamran, 2021).…”

Evaluation of In Vitro Antibacterial Potential of Bacillus pseudomycoides Strain SB138

“…While Dera Din Panah has less dense hair coat and it might be due to strong immune system. Furthermore Shahid et al (2022) reported the highest tick infestation in sheep breeds Bibrik sheep (13.60%), followed in order by Balochi sheep (12.50%), Afghani sheep (12.50%) and Harnai sheep (10%). In our present study sheep breeds wise tick high infestation was recorded in Gauder (30.83%) followed by Balkhi (27.63%), Afghani (25.68%) and Rambouillet (15.86%).…”

“…Because as the temperature increases the tick reproductive and searching capability also increases Shahid et al (2022) documented the infested goats breeds; Khurasani goat (15.15%) which showed higher infestation as compared to Lehri goat (11.85%) and Sindhi goats (10.00%). In our study we reported seven goats breeds, high infestation rate was recorded in Kaghani goats (28%) followed by Kamori goats (20%), Sindhi goats (18%), Lehri goats (14%), Barbari goats (8%), Beetal goat (7%) and Dera Din Panah (5%), which is not validated by the finding of Shahid et al (2022) because Kaghani goats has a long and dense hair coat which provide a protective cover to tick from harsh climatic condition. While Dera Din Panah has less dense hair coat and it might be due to strong immune system.…”