Ixodid ticks in north - eastern Uzbekistan: fauna, distribution patterns and ecology

Fauna, Morphology And Systematics Of Parasites

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Akramova F. D., Umrkulova S. Kh., Azimov D. A., Golovanov V. I. Ixodid ticks in North – Eastern Uzbekistan: fauna, distribution patterns and ecology // Russian Journal of Parasitology, 2016, V.37, Iss.3, pp.

    

IXODID TICKS IN NORTH - EASTERN UZBEKISTAN: FAUNA, DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND ECOLOGY

Akramova F.D., Umrqulova S.H., Azimov D.A., Golovanov V.I.
Institute of Gene Pool of Plants and Animals, Academy of Sciences, of the Republic of Uzbekistan 232, Bogishamol Str., Tashkent 100053, Uzbekistan, е-mail: ushakarbaev@mail.ru

Abstract

Objective of research: To study the species diversity of ticks in the north – eastern part of Uzbekistan: fauna, distribution patterns and ecology.

Materials and methods: Research samples were collected with the use of common parasitological methods [2, 3, 4]. Host animals were examined once a decade by collecting parasites from certain groups of farm and wild animals.

Results and discussion: 13 species of 6 tick genera discovered during the research period on the territory of the north - eastern Uzbekistan: Ixodes persulcatus, I. redikorzevi, I. crenulatus, Haemaphusalis caucasica, Boophilus calcaratus, Dermacentor pictus, D. daghestanicus, D. pavlovskyi, Rhipicephalis turanicus, H. asiaticum, H. detritum, H. anatolicum, H. plumbeum turanikum. Species B. salcaratus, H. asiaticum are distributed in all survey areas what confirms their high ecological flexibility.
The extensity of infection of livestock with ticks is rather high - 51.3 - 52.3%. The infestation of synanthropic and wild animals ranged from 37.0 to 40.0%.

Keywords: Ixodes, Haemaphusalis, Boophilus, Dermacentor, Rhipicephalus, Hyalomma, biology, ecology.


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