Haemaphysalis bispinosa

The present study was conducted to know the diversity of tick species infesting domestic and crossbred cattle in 4 districts of Assam along the Indo-Bhutan border for one year. A total of 533 cattle were examined, 266 (49.90%) were found infested either with Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (23.45%) or Haemaphysalis bispinosa (15.75%) or with both the ticks (10.69%). Crossbred cattle were found having higher tick prevalence (53.50%) compared to the indigenous (49.34%) which was statistically non-significant. Infestation was highest in adult cattle > 3 years of age (56.

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