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Prevalence and Identification of Livestock Tick by Sex Ratio and Host in Tehran Province

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
This study identified tick species infesting livestock and poultry in Tehran Province, revealing a female‐biased sex ratio and sheep as the most infested hosts. Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato was the dominant species. These findings underscore the need for host‐targeted tick control to mitigate disease transmission and economic losses.
Ebrahim Abbasi
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Espécies e prevalência das infestações por carrapatos em cães de rua da cidade de Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil Species and prevalence of ticks infestations on stray dogs in Porto Alegre city, RS, Brazil

Ciência Rural, 1997
O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar as espécies de carrapatos que parasitam os cães da área urbana de Porto Alegre e conhecer suas prevalências nesta população. Para isso, foram examinados 450 cães de rua de Porto Alegre, colhidos os carrapatos nos
Vera Lúcia Sardá Ribeiro, Maria Angélica Weber, Liane Oliveira Fetzer, Carla Rosane Bacêdo de Vargas   +3 more
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Ticks Infesting Dogs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Detailed Epidemiological and Molecular Report

Pathogens, 2023
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are considered a major challenge for human and animal health in tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate regions of the world. However, only scarce information is available on the characterization of tick species infesting dogs
Jehan Zeb, Baolin Song, Haytham Senbill, Muhammad Umair Aziz, Sabir Hussain, Munsif Ali Khan, Ishtiaq Qadri, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, José de la Fuente, Olivier Andre Sparagano   +9 more
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Bushmeat Consumption and the Risk of Zoonotic Tick‐Borne Pathogen Infections in Ghana: An Increasing Risk to Public Health

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
• Consuming bushmeat comes with the risk of zoonotic tick‐borne pathogen infection. • To protect public health, there is a need for regulations on bushmeat handling and sales, frequent surveillance, and increased education. ABSTRACT Consuming bushmeat is a widely accepted tradition in Ghana and other West African countries, where it is a vital source ...
Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah‐Mensah, Danielle Ladzekpo, Seth Offei Addo   +2 more
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Tick-associated diseases identified from hunting dogs during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Mayan community in Yucatan, Mexico

Open Veterinary Journal, 2023
Background: Hunting activity in the Mayan communities has increased due to COVID-19 and domestic dogs have gained more importance. Due to its proximity to humans, domestic dogs are a bridge between tick-borne diseases and humans and their peri-domestic ...
Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado, Karla Alejandra Arroyo-Solis, Adan Javier Torres-Monroy, Juan Jose Arias-Leon, Gaspar Fernando Peniche-Lara, Fernando Isaias Puerto-Manzano, Magaly Guadalupe Landa-Flores, Juan Carlos del Mazo-Lopez, Beatriz Salceda-Sanchez   +8 more
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The taxonomic status of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)

Veterinary Parasitology, 2015
The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto, is a species with considerable public health and economic importance. However, the taxonomic status of this species is far from resolved. After more than 110 years of scientific work on R. sanguineus s.s., the situation is that there is no type, no solid description, nor is there a consensus ...
Nava, Santiago, Estrada-Pena, Agustin, Petney, Trevor, Beati, Lorenza, Labruna, Marcelo B., Szabo, Matias P. J., Venzal, Jose M., Mastropaolo, Mariano, Mangold, Atilio J., Guglielmone, Alberto A.   +9 more
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Influence of temperature on the attachment of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks on rabbits [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009
The impact of climate on the vector’s behaviour of the worldwide brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, is a cause of concern. This tick has become the most widespread tick throughout the world due to its specialised feeding on domestic dogs. In addition to the dog’s pathogens, Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis, Rh.
Socolovschi, C., /Raoult, Didier, Parola, P.   +2 more
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Prevalence and Sequence Analysis of Vector‐Borne Zoonotic Diseases in Stray Cats in Istanbul

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2025.
Istanbul, the largest metropolis in Türkiye, is home to a notable population of stray cats. While cats enrich the city's culture, they can also transmit various diseases, posing diagnostic challenges for clinicians. This study aimed to detect infections in stray cats using PCR and sequencing to identify Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Bartonella, Hepatozoon ...
Tuba Yazicioglu, Handan Cetinkaya
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille 1806

, 2015
Published as part of Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai & Fan, Qing-Hai, 2015, Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist, pp.
Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai, Fan, Qing-Hai
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Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasmataceae in Ticks From Domestic Animals in Northern Colombia

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 5, Page 421-434, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Tick‐borne diseases have a significant impact on public and animal health and represent a considerable financial burden on livestock farming. However, in many regions of Latin America, comprehensive epidemiological data, including species identification, geographical distribution and molecular profiling of ticks and their ...
Maria Badillo‐Viloria, Salim Mattar, Susana Remesar, Steffania de la Rosa‐Jaramillo, Ignacio García‐Bocanegra, Jorge Miranda, Aránzazu Portillo, Cristina Cervera‐Acedo, José Antonio Oteo, David Cano‐Terriza   +9 more
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