Collection and prevalence of ticks in cattles and buffaloes from free-range management systems of Islamabad

Abstract Background In recent decades, parasitism has remained one of the major problems of dairy industry in Pakistan. In this context, the most common tick species prevailing is Hyalomma, Boophilus, Haemaphysalis, and Rhipicephalus. Result High prevalence was found in cow 20.83% as compared to buf...

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Main Authors: Zawar Ahmad, Zahid Anwar, Mian Adnan, Nida Imtiaz, Haroon Ur Rashid, Faryal Gohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41936-018-0071-1