Prevalence of lxodid Ticks in Cattle Population of Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

A survey study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of ixodid ticks in cattle population of  Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Every month, ticks were collected from 9511 cattle belonging to randomly  selected 5 villages of each tehsil, viz. Indore, Mhow, Depalpur, Sanwer and Hated. The current  study revealed an overall tick prevalence of 58.87% with significantly high prevalence of  Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (42.89%) than Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum (11.82%) and  mixed infestation (4.16%). Season-wise, significantly high prevalence was recorded in monsoon  (71.08%) than summer (62.28%) and winter (52.12%). Amongst the various age groups, significantly  high tick infestation was encountered in 1-3 year-old (78.63%) than >3 year-old (56.79%) and <1  year-old cattle (52.92%). Sex-wise, significantly high tick infestation was documented in males  (66.01 %) than their female (58.06%) counterparts. Tehsil-wise, significantly high prevalence was  evident in Mhow tehsil (69.12%) as compared to Indore (61.40%), Depalpur (57.27%), Sanwer  (55.28%) and Hated (50.14%) tehsils.