Table-3.
The prevalence of tick species collected from camels and dogs in three provinces of Egypt.
| Governorates | Localities of collection | Ticks species | Ticks fauna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♂ | ♀ | Nymph | No. | Prevalence (%) | |||
| Cairo | 3 | 3 | 276 | 353 | 9 | 638 | |
| El-Abbasia | R. sanguineous | 257 | 338 | 4 | 599 | 93.88 | |
| El-Dowaika | R. sanguineous | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.313 | |
| Gisr El-Swiss | H. dromedarii | 19 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 5.49 | |
| H. marginatum | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.313 | ||
| Giza | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| EL Haram | H. dromedarii | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 75 | |
| H. marginatum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.33 | ||
| H. excavatum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.33 | ||
| H. rufipes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.33 | ||
| Sinai | 1 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 55 | |
| Raas Sidr | H. dromedarii | 37 | 15 | 0 | 52 | 94.55 | |
| H. marginatum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.64 | ||
| H. impeltatum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.82 | ||
H. dromedarii=Hyalomma dromedarii, R. sanguineus=Rhipicephalus sanguineus, H. marginatum=Hyalomma marginatum, H. excavatum=Hyalomma excavatum, H. impeltatum=Hyalomma impeltatum, H. rufipes=Hyalomma rufipes.