Table 2.
Demography of adult tick species infesting 176 camels in north-western Nigeria
| Parameter/Tick species | Total number (%) | Study locations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kano (n = 396) | Jigawa (n = 145) | Sokoto (n = 52) | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Hyalomma dromedarii | 465 (78.41) | 254 | 75 | 87 | 27 | 12 | 10 |
| H. truncatum | 87 (14.67) | 22 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 4 |
| H. rufipes | 19 (3.20) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| H. impeltatum | 18 (3.03) | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. impressum | 2 (0.34) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amblyomma variegatum | 1 (0.17) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | 1 (0.17) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 593 (100.0) | 292 (49.2) | 104 (17.5) | 110 (18.5) | 35 (5.9) | 38 (6.4) | 14 (2.4) |