A Study on CattleTicks And Parasitic Tick-Borne Diseases in Giza Govervorate

The present study on Ixodid ticks infesting cows and buffaloes in Giza Governorate and those arrived from Upper Egypt to’ .El-lViouniep market revealed that, cows sufferedmore than buffaloes from hard tick-infestation. The infes- tation rate among cov and buffaloes in Giza Governorate was (17w4 and 4~4%) while it was higher among those arrivedfrom Upper ypt (30.6 and 21,49%) ~ lh1s infestation rate was generally higher during the autumn season (22.48°C &I 02.51% Ri) and Lowe sti during; the winter season (13~8°C & 5G.9~) tIdentification of the Q~JJ.eQted, Ulaterials denoted that cows and buf’f’a Lo ea in w,?la y.v~mO~aiH~ were infested with ’;~ulatus t~~alomm”a, ~at,~~8!l~0ltQU,p; ~aJi;Oll\wa ~nat •... exc~vC!t}lBhy~r~d ~o~ms o:fHl~_l~m~.~ ,~.aij(~l(i~p,~{lu~~~1~~ and !Gtp0.4% of the total tick collected from cows and 92.4,7.1,0.1, O,? and 0.1% of t~ose collected from buffaloes respectively. i’ne·ticks collected from animals a nr Lved from Upper :Egyptto El.-Mouniep market were rep resented by the first four men- tioned tick species constituting 9l~97,7.56J 0 • .3~ 0.14 of the total ticks infesting cows & 84.91. 14.46,0.04 and 0.59:0 of those collected from buffaloes respectively. IH.Turanicus