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. 2019 Jan 22;43(2):256–262. doi: 10.1007/s12639-019-01086-7

Table 2.

Different species identified in cattle from five different sites with its sex differentiation

Sl. no. Site Species name Number Total %
Male Female
1

Alathoor

N 11°41′04.1″

E076°21′35.3″

2860 ft

Rhipicephalus microplus 120 886 1006 27.69
R. decoloratus 55 295 350 9.63
R. sanguineus 6 13 19 0.52
Haemaphysalis bispinosa 59 211 270 7.43
H. turturis 18 177 195 5.37
Amblyomma integrum 1 9 10 0.27
Sub total 259 1591 1850 50.91
2

Kallumukku

N 11°41′28.0″

E076°20′38.2″

2967 ft

R. microplus 80 743 823 22.65
R. decoloratus 46 149 195 5.36
R. sanguineus 1 6 7 0.19
H. bispinosa 64 185 249 6.85
H. turturis 14 165 179 4.92
A. integrum 0 6 6 0.16
Sub total 755 704 1459 40.13
3

Cheeyambam

N 11°47′27.8″

E0 76°13′21.0″

2456 ft

R. microplus 0 5 5 0.13
R. sanguineus 0 5 5 0.13
H. bispinosa 0 7 7 0.19
A. integrum 6 12 18 0.49
Sub total 6 29 35 0.94
4

Tholpetty

N 11°52′44.6″

E0 76°04′47.7″

2451 ft

R. microplus 11 40 51 1.40
R. decoloratus 0 7 7 0.19
R. sanguineus 0 13 13 0.36
H. bispinosa 0 62 62 1.70
H. turturis 0 6 6 0.16
A. integrum 7 1 8 0.22
Sub total 18 129 147 4.03
5

Thottamoola

N 11°37′37.2″

E 76°19′47.9″

2944 ft

R. microplus 0 30 30 0.83
R. decoloratus 0 21 21 0.57
R. sanguineus 0 4 4 0.11
H. bispinosa 0 26 26 0.71
H. turturis 0 35 35 0.96
H. spinigera 5 21 26 0.71
Sub total 11 131 142 3.89
Gross total 1649 1984 3633