AbdulNaser Al-Omar*(1) , Morshid Kassouha(2)

(1)General Commission For Scientific Agricultural Research (GSCAR), Hama Research Center , Syria.

(2). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine- Hama University, Hama, Syria. (*Corrsponding author: Dr. AbdulNaser Al-Omar. E-Mail: abdnaser64@gmail.com).

Received: 24/08/2020 Accepted: 27/09/2020

Abstract

This study was conducted on 320 Camel at Wady Al-atheeb Research Station during the period (2011-2012), where (207) samples of ticks were collected. The camels which did not treated with acaricides were selected randomly and examined clinically to recognize the prevalence of ticks, determining the sex, species effect of seasons, animal age and the positions of ticks intrusion on the animal body. Ticks were determined through morphological characteristics using a stereomicroscope in parasitological laboratory at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Hama University) according to standard identification keys. Results showed significant differences (P<0.01), during the seasons of the year where the annual average of tick prevalence was (64.68 %), The higher rates of prevalence were found in spring (95%) and summer(87.5%), whereas the rates were less in autumn (45%) and winter(31.25%). Significant differences (P<0.01) were found according to the groups of camels age, where The higher prevalence rates were in the (6 months to 2 years old (41.54%), then the group between (3–5) years old (37.68%), The lower were in the group of (6-10) years old (20.77%). Results showed that there were five species belonged to one genus of ticks that is called (H. anatolicum exavatum which was the most prevalence with a rate amounted to (%42.40) then H. marginatum marginatum (%22.29), H. impeltatum (%6.06 ), H. lusitanicum (%0.64), whereas the specie H.detritum detritum was the less frequency with a rate amounted to (2.5% ) of total desolation ticks. Insecticides should be applied throughout the year, especially in the seasons in which the ticks infestation increases, in order to eliminate all ticks stages. In addition to taking preventive measures and procedures.

Key words: Prevalence, Ticks, Species, Camels, Syria.

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