The prevalence of Babesia spp. infection was studied in sheep of the Mashhad area in Iran from 1998 to 2000. A total of 677 sheep originating from 115 flocks were clinically examined and investigated for the presence of Babesia spp. in appropriate blood smears and any tick species on the body of the animals. The study revealed that the infection rate for Babesia ovis and Babesia motasi were 167...

medically and veterinary importance of ticks of the genus of hyalomma through transmission of related diseases is very obvious. the identification and taxonomy of species of this genus always have been controversial. sometimes accuracy of morphological diagnosis of two closely related species hyalomma anatolicum and hyalomma asiaticum which are reported in fauna of iran, is very difficult. the ...

hyalomma and haemaphysalis are two most important genera of ticks (acari: ixodidae). the rapid and accurate identification of field collected specimens is crucial in faunal works, laboratory assays, anti-tick vaccine experiments, etc. the present study was designed to introduce a rapid and more sensitive method for the differentiation of closely related hyalomma and haemaphysalis species namely...

background and aims: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a zoonosis caused by a nairovirus of the family bunyaviridae. infection is transmitted to humans mostly by hyalomma ticks. this study was conducted to determine the rate of cchfv infection in ticks in qom province of iran. materials and methods: in this study, reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) was used to de...

Anaplasmosis, a disease caused by various species of Anaplasma, poses important economic constraints to animal breeders. Ehrlichiosis is a worldwide zoonosis illness and mostly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions that are close to the vector’s distribution. Tick-borne pathogens lead to over 100,000 cases of illness in the world each year. Besides the costs of the additional veterinary ca...

BACKGROUND Hedgehogs are small, nocturnal mammals which become popular in the world and have important role in transmission of zoonotic agents. Thus, the present study aimed to survey ectoparasite infestation from April 2010 to December 2011 in urban and suburban parts of Urmia and Tabriz Cities, Northwest of Iran. METHODS A total number of 84 hedgehogs (40 females and 44 males) were examined...

a survey was carried out to investigate the frequency of hard tick species (acari: ixodidae) on sheep in khorasan razvi province. a total of 812 ticks were collected from the sheep of different areas of khorsan razavi province five species were identified as follow: rhipicephalus turanicus (59.23%), hyalomma.marginatum turanicum (25.73%), hyalomma excavatum (14.8%), hyalomma anatolicum (8.3...