Table 3.

Species of ticks recovered from cattle with respect to their genera and life stage

Sl. no.	Species name	Nymph	Adult	Total	%	Average tick load/cattle
1	Rhipicephalus microplus	664	1251	1915	52.71	11.39
2	R. decoloratus	125	448	573	15.77	3.41
3	R. sanguineus	48	0	48	1.32	0.28
4	Haemaphysalis bispinosa	58	556	614	16.90	3.65
5	H. turturis	105	310	415	11.42	2.47
6	H. spinigera	26	0	26	0.71	0.15
7	Amblyomma integrum	0	42	42	1.15	0.25
Total		1026	2607	3633