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Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 26, Supplement III, 2012 (95-103)
Proceedings of the 6 th Scientific Conference, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul
Table (3): Distribution of tick species according to months in different zones.
Zone-I Zone-II Zone-III
Months
R. spp
H. spp
R. spp H. spp R..spp H. spp
(No.& %) (No.& %) (No.& %) (No.& %) (No.& %) (No.& %)
R. s* R. t* H a.a* H m* R. s R. t H a.a H. m R. s R. t H. a H. m
March
2 23 5 2 3 12 22 4 4 10 61 6
6.3 71.8 15.6 6.3 7.3 29.3 53.6 9.8 4.9 12.4 75.3 7.4
April
3 48 9 7 6 38 36 7 11 11 89 18
4.5 71.6 13.4 10.5 6.9 43.7 41.4 8 8.5 8.5 69 14
May
6 57 15 9 4 33 46 15 13 13 92 16
6.9 65.5 17.2 10.4 4.1 33.7 46.9 15.3 9.7 9.7 68.7 11.9
Spring//Total 11 128 29 18 13 83 104 26 28 34 242 40
June
7 24 15 9 4 25 41 7 10 3 50 4
12.7 43.6 27.3 16.4 5.2 32.5 53.2 9.1 14.9 4.5 74.6 6
July
2 16 5 6 1 12 32 1 5 3 18 6
6.9 55.2 17.2 20.7 2.2 26 69.6 2.2 15.6 9.4 56.3 18.7
August
1 9 5 1 1 2 8 0 1 2 14 4
6.2 56.3 31.3 6.2 9.1 18.2 72.8 0.0 4.8 9.5 66.7 19
Summer/Total 10 49 25 16 6 39 81 8 16 8 82 14
September
1
8
1 1 4
1 4
0
0
0 0
11.1
88.9
16.7 16.7 66.6
20 80
0
October
1
2
1 2
3
0
0 0
0 0 0
33.3
66.7
33.3 66.7
100
0
November 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1
100
0
Autumn/Total 2 0 10 0 1 2 6 0 0 1 8 0
December 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
January 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 7 21
9.7 22.6 67.7
0
Winter/Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 21 0
Total Number 23 177 64 34 20 124 191 34 47 50 353 54
Total ticks 298 369 504
Total Number 1171
χ²cal P < 0.01 281.6 **
R. s. = Rhipicephalus sanguineus; R. t. = Rhipicephalus turanicus; H. a. a. = Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum; H. m. =
Hyalomma marginatum. *