Tick Infestation on Sheep, Goat, Horse and Wild Hare in Tamil Nadu

Overview

Journal J Parasit Dis

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2018 Mar 2

PMID 29491571

Citations 4

Authors

C Soundararajan

K Nagarajan

S Muthukrishnan

M Arul Prakash

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Abstract

The prevalence of tick infestation and their predilection sites on sheep, goat, horse and wild hare were studied at various places of Tamil Nadu, India. The prevalence of tick infestation in Madras red sheep, Tellicherry goat and horse was 77.11, 78.21 and 13.33%, respectively. Sheep were heavily infested with followed by , and . . The ticks from goats were identified as . , . , . and . . Horses were infested with and . . The ticks on wild hare () were identified as . and . . Wild hare acts as a source of infestation to the sheep and goats since these animals shared the same field.

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