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IXODOFAUNA IN ABKHAZIA AND THE ADJACENT REGION
E.B. Kerbabaev, A.C. Tsushba
The specific structure of Ixodes spp. in Abkhazia and adjoining to it of areas of Krasnodar territory, Karachaevo-Circassian, Kabardino-Balkarian and Georgian Republics is investigated. It is revealed 37 species of tics from which pathogenic value in all regions have Boophilus annulatus and Ixodes ricinus; in steppe and forest-steppe zones – Dermacentor marginatus and D. reticulatus and in a steppe zone – Riphicephalus rossicus.
Keywords: Ixodes spp., fauna, cattle, Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia.
© 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).