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A Survey on fauna of ixodid ticks and their enterobacteriaceae infection in livestock in Amol city in north of Iran
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Amir Keyhani1   , Jalil Nejati1 , Ali Rostami1 , Mostafa Hoseini1 , Behrooz Davari2 , Seyed Hasan Moosa-Kazemi 3 |
1- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2- Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences
3- Tehran University of Medical Sciences , moosakazemi@tums.ac.ir |
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Background and Aim: Ticks are one of the important external parasites in livestock that can transmit viral, ricketsia and bacterial agents. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of contamination of the livestock by ixodid ticks and harboring of enterobacteriaceae by the ticks in Amol City.
Materials and Method: In this descriptive study, we collected the livestock's ticks (cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats) and after fauna identification, they were sent for culture.
Results: In this study, 650 ticks were collected which belonged to 8 species. Hyalomma asiaticum asiaticum was the most and Rhipicephalus bursa was the least prevalent species. Cattles and buffaloes had the highest tick infestation (38.5%). The bacteriological results showed that the ticks were infected by 13 bacterial species such as Ecoli, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Proteus, Serratia, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermis. The most and the least prevalent species were Ecoli and Serratia respectively.
Conclusion: Considering the high prevalence of ixodid ticks in our study and presence of bacterial infection in hard ticks, appropriate training for stock breeders for improvement of their knowledge of the health problems, stock breeding and common methods of zoonotic disease prevention such as spraying and anti-tick bath, is recommended.
Key words: Ixodid ticks, Enterobacteriaceae, livestock, Amol City
Received: May 16, 2011 Accepted: Apr 23, 2012 |
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| Keywords: Ixodid ticks, Enterobacteriaceae, livestock, Amol City |
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Type of Study: Original Research |
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Received: 2012/12/11 | Published: 2012/12/15
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