Identification and new recordsof tick species on livestock from district Dera Ismail Khan,Pakistan

Ullah, Naimat; Jamil, Muhammad; Ramzan, Muhammad; Arshad, Aisha; Zeeshan Ul Haq, Muhammad

doi:10.22073/pja.v11i1.70976

Identification and new recordsof tick species on livestock from district Dera Ismail Khan,Pakistan

Authors

Naimat Ullah ¹

Muhammad Jamil ²

Muhammad Ramzan ³

Aisha Arshad ⁴

Muhammad Zeeshan ul Haq ⁵

¹ Department of Parasitology, Faculty of veterinary science, UVAS, Lahore-42000-Pakistan

² PARC Arid Zone Research Center, Dera Ismail Khan-29050-Pakistan

³ State key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UVAS, Lahore-54000-Pakistan

⁵ Department of Clinical medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38000, Pakistan

10.22073/pja.v11i1.70976

Abstract

Ticks are second most serious pathogens to public health after mosquitoes all over the world. These not only spread diseases to animals but also in human. These causes several viral, bacterial and zoonotic diseases to livestock including Crimean‑Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), theileriosis and babesiosis which directly and indirectly causes huge economic losses. Total 53 tick species belonging to eight genera had been reported in Pakistan. In the current study total six tick species such as Dermacentor marginatus, D. silvarum, Hyalomma hussaini, Hy. anatolicum, Haemaphysalis Punctata and Hae. pinulosa were identified from study area. Among identified species two species i.e. D. silvarum and Hae. pinulosa were first recorded from the country (Pakistan). Both these species were collected small ruminants like goats and sheep. These species could become serious problems to human health and spread to other areas of the country. The results of this study will lead to further identification of tick species in the current study as well as other areas of the country.

Keywords

Ticks

Tick species, New record

Argasidae

Ixodidae

Nuttalliellidae

Pakistan