Abstract
The present prevalence study was carried out to identify the common species of hard ticks infesting cattle of Maharashtra state. In the present study, a total 1856 ticks of different stages including nymphal, partially engorged and fully engorged of both sexes were collected from 654 naturally infested cattle of Maharashtra state. The morphological identification of ticks revealed the presence of four different species of ticks i.e., Rhipicephalus microplus, Hyalomma anatolicum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Haemaphysalis bispinosa.The higher infestation of hard ticks was noted in 1-3 age group of animals and in female animals compared to male. The breed wise analysis of tick infestation revealed the higher infection rate in cross breed animals compared to non-descript/local breed of animals
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