Table 2.

Inventory and seasonal frequency of hard ticks found on one-humped camels slaughtered at Mashhad abattoir, Iran

Tick species	Season
	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter	Total
H. dromedarii	75 (9.44)	543 (68.38)	138 (17.38)	38 (4.78)	794 (70.76)
H. excavatum	63 (29.16)	145 (67.12)	8 (3.70)	0 (0)	216 (19.25)
H. anatolicum	0 (0)	54 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	54 (4.81)
H. asiaticum	10 (18.86)	38 (71.69)	5 (9.43)	0 (0)	53 (4.72)
Rh. turanicus	2 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.17)
H. detritum	0 (0)	1 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.09)
H. impeltatum	0 (0)	1 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.09)
H. schulzei	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (100)	0 (0)	1 (0.09)
Total	150 (13.36)	782 (69.69)	152 (13.54)	38 (3.38)	1,122 (100)