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IXODES TICKS AS THE MAIN VECTORS OF BABESIA CANIS AND EHRLICHIA CANIS INFECTIONS IN CARNIVORES
Belomitceva E.S., Safiullin R.T.All-Russian K. I. Skryabin Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants.
Summary
In spring and autumn of 2015 totally one collected 198 viable ticks among which 79 were collected from plants and 119 from dogs. Using PCR 147 dogs were examined on B. canis infection; 98 dogs were found to be infected (66,4%). The highest infection rates were detected in animals aged 1-3 years (38,7%) and aged 3-6 years and elder (30,6%).
© 2016 The Author(s). Published by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin.
This is an open access article under the Agreement of 02.07.2014 (Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and the Agreement of 12.06.2014 (CABI.org / Human Sciences section).