Table 1. Morphological identification of the collected ticks and their associated host animal species.

Animal species	Tick species (number)	Total
Dog	Rh. sanguineus (634), Rh. turanicus (53), Rh. bursa (1), Rh. spp.(15), H. parva (93), H. adleri (19)	518
Sheep	Rh. turanicus (138), Rh. sanguineus (41), Rh. bursa (14), Rh. spp.(6), H. parva (4), H. adleri (1)	204
Camel	H. dromedarii (68), H. impeltatum (5), Hyalomma spp. (4).	77
Goat	Rh. sanguineus (16), Rh. bursa (1), H. parva (3)	20
Horse	Rh. sanguineus (2)	2
Tortoise	H. aegyptium (4)	4
Dead wolf	Rh. sanguineus (1)	1
Total	Rh. sanguineus (694), Rh. turanicus (191), Rh.spp.(21), Rh. bursa (16), H. parva (100), H. adleri (20), H. dromedarii (68), H. impeltatum (5), Hyalomma spp. (4), H. aegyptium (4),	1123