This study was carried out to investigate prevalence of tick infestations and identify tick genus and species that parasitized one humped dromedary camels from random farm houses in Sebha city, southern Libya. Out of 225 camels examined, 172 (76.44%) were infested with one or two of tick species. Prevalence rate was (100%) in summer compared to (57.6%) in winter, with significant difference (P < 0.05). The recovered ticks were Ixodes avatus (24.8%) in winter followed by Argas persicus (12%), Haemophysalis sp. (9.6%), Hyalomma dromedarii (7.2%) and Rhipicephalus annulatus (4.0%). But, in summer ticks were A. persicus (30.0%) followed by R. annulatus (29.0%), H. dromedarii (17.0%), I. avatus (13.0%) and then Haemophysalis sp. No doubt, global climate changes increase ectoparasites on animal and humans, and hence increasing arthropod-borne infectious diseases.
fahmy, S., ELSALEM, R., AL-KILANI, A., & ALRIFAE, K. (2024). PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDAIRUS) INFESTED WITH TICK DURING SUMMER AND WINTER IN LIBYA. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 54(2), 197-203. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.373518
MLA
shereen fahmy; RUGAIA M. A. ELSALEM; AYA A. Z. AL-KILANI; KAREEMAH A. ALRIFAE. "PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDAIRUS) INFESTED WITH TICK DURING SUMMER AND WINTER IN LIBYA", Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 54, 2, 2024, 197-203. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.373518
HARVARD
fahmy, S., ELSALEM, R., AL-KILANI, A., ALRIFAE, K. (2024). 'PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDAIRUS) INFESTED WITH TICK DURING SUMMER AND WINTER IN LIBYA', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 54(2), pp. 197-203. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.373518
VANCOUVER
fahmy, S., ELSALEM, R., AL-KILANI, A., ALRIFAE, K. PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDAIRUS) INFESTED WITH TICK DURING SUMMER AND WINTER IN LIBYA. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2024; 54(2): 197-203. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.373518
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