(Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Domestic Ruminants in Mountainous Areas of Golestan Province, Iran
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All rights reserved. 襃 Distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic ruminants in mountainous areas of Golestan province, Iran 1 1 2 3 1 Moslem Sarani , Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy , Abdolreza Salahi Moghaddam , Kamal Azam , Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat * 1Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Department of Pathobiology, Hormuzgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT Peer reviewer Objective: To determine the prevalence of ticks on cattle in the mountainous areas of Golestan Prof. Stefania Perrucci, Dipartimento pMethods:rovince and their geographical distribution. di Scienze Veterinarie- University of In total, 498 animals from 25 herds were selected to search for ticks in 2009-2010. Tick Pisa, Italy. collection was carried out during four seasons, twice per season over a period of 12 month from Tel: +39 050 2216949 March 2009 through February 2010 in two districts, Azadshahr and Ramian. Meteorological data +39 050 2216941 Fax: were obtained® from Iran Meteorological Organization. The geographical points recorded using a E-mail: [email protected] G T H GPS Results:armin e rex . Comments A total of 255 ticks were collected from a total of 219 ruminants including 44 sheep, 63 99 13 goats, cows and camels in two districts of the mountainous area of GolesRhipicephalustan province, This is an interesting and good isanguineusncluding AzadshahrRhipicephalus and Ramian. Fbursaive species oHyalommaf ixodid tic kmarginatums were identified: Hyalomma research work in which authors (66 5%) (4 6%) (19 9%) anatolicum . , Hyalomma asiaticum . , . , evaluated prevalence, distribution, (6%) and (4%). The densities of infestations were calculated for intensity and seasonal activity of ticks sheep, goats, cows and camels 0.9, 0.79, 0.16 and 0.43 respectively. Seasonal activity of each ixodid isolated from domestic ruminants tick infesting domestic ruRhipicephalusminants was d sanguineusetermined. The distribution maps showed ixodid ticks on in the highland regions of Golestan, dConclusions:omestic ruminants, and were dominant species in the area. Iran. Collected ticks were identified Such research provides necessary information for human and animal health at the species level, counted and geo- service mangers to have a better understanding of prevention and control of vector borne diseases referenced. In addition, isolated ticks especially during the outbreaks. were related to animal species, season and environmental data recorded during the study period. The results seem really interesting and useful for the control of ticks and tick-borne KEYWORDS diseases in the considered area. H D D G I Details on Page S251 ard ticks, istribution, omestic ruminants, eographical information system, ran 1. Introduction throughout Iran, affecting animal welfare and causing significant economic losses in the country. The study Hard ticks as blood sucking ectoparasites and also of ticks was started by Delpy in Iran[1,2], after him the vectors of human and animal diseases are considered as studies including faunistic study and possible diseases one of the most important arthropods. Ticks can transmit transmission to man and animal have been carried out in a variety of diseases such as Crimean Congo hemorrhagic different parts of the country[3]. The early studies focused fever, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ricketsiosis, borreliosis on the biology of ticks related to domestic or wild animal and ehrlichiosis. Such diseases are considered as public and also their relation to human health. Mazlum reported health or veterinary problems in the communities. Anemia, 24 species and subspecies of ticetk alon domestic animals dermatosis, toxemia and paralysis are other veterinary across the country[4]. Filippova . reported 17 ixodid problems of ticks among livestock. They are distributed species of tick on small ruminants and mammals from *Corresponding author: Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Department of Medical Article history: Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Received 16 Jan 2014 Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Received in revised form 22 Jan, 2nd revised form 2 Feb, 3rd revised form 10 Feb 2014 E-mail: [email protected] Accepted 20 Mar 2014 Foundation Project: This study was supported by the Research Council of Tehran Available online 5 Apr 2014 University of Medical Sciences (Grant No. 14587). Moslem Sarani et al./Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2014; 4(Suppl 1): S246-S251 S247 different zoogeographical zones of Iran[5], while Hoogstraal Cattle husbandry is an important source of income and and Valdez determined 15 species and subspecies of ixodid employment in rural areas of the province. Sheep, cows, goats [6] ticks mainly from wild sheep aetnd al goats across the country . and camels are the main domestic stocks of this area. In another study, Telmadarraiy . found seven ixodid ticks 2.2. Data collection in West Azerbaijan province[7]. The prevalence of nine ixodid [8] ticks onet c aalttle was determined in Mazandaran province . Rahbari . indicated 26 species and subspecies of hard ticks The study was conducted in the mountainous area of in Iran[3]. Recently, the occurrence of nine ixodid tick species Golestan province in 2009-2010. Tick collection was carried was determined from Qazvin province[9]. These reports indicate out during four seasons, twice per season over a period of a great tick infestation on domestic ruminants in recent years 12 month from March 2009 through February 2010 in two in different parts of the country. districts, Azadshahr and Ramian. Ten villages were selected Although there are some works on ticks in Golestan by clustered random sampling across these two districts. The province[3,10,11], there is no information on ixodid ticks in information on numbers and distributions of animal hosts was mountainous areas of the province. The previous studies collected from local agriculture a nd horticulture office. The were considered as a faunistic studies with no mapping and total number of livestock was 32 413 including 14 674 (45.2%) geographical information. In the present study, authors focused cows, 6 529 (20%) sheep, 9 349 (28.8%) goats and 30 (6%) camels. on the highland area of Golestan provinces, where there is no The desired sample size for the study was calculated uZsing % % information to display the distribution of hard ticks. Livestock Pthe 95 d confidence interval and at 5 absolute precision ( =2, infestation was surveyed to determine tick species, mapping =0.6, =0.044). In total, 498 animals from 20 herds including and geographical distribution and seasonal activity of ixodid 100 sheep, 143 goats and 225 cows, and also 30 camels from ticks infestation on domestic ruminants in 2009-2010. 5 herds of all sexes were selected randomly and examined individually for tick infestation. Ticks were collected at 2. Materials and methods intervals of between 1 and 5 weeks within a season. Thirty minutes were spent for each flock to collect ticks. All 2.1. Study area inspections and tick collections were carried out between 08:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. In case of infestation, ticks were collected % 2 using forceps and then preserved in 70 ethyl alcohol. All Golestan province includes an area of 20 893 km and is collected specimens were preserved in tubes and relative located in the northeast of Iran, southeast of Caspian Sea information were recorded. Specimens were deposited at the and borders Turkmenistan in the north. It has mild weather Medical Entomology Laboratory of School of Public Health at and temperate climate most of the year. Geographically, the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The identification keys [12] et al [13] mountainous are°a i′s located °in ′the south of the province with of Hoogstral and Walker . were used to identify each coordinates of