Ticks are able to transmit tick-borne infectious agents to vertebrate hosts which cause major
constraints to public and livestock health. The costs associated with mortality, relapse …

Rhipicephalus microplus, popularly known as the cattle tick, is the most important tick of
livestock as it is responsible for significant economic losses. The use of chemical acaricides …

Background Tick infestation is the major problem for animal health that causes substantial
economic losses, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries. To better understand the …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

Although ticks prevalent in various agro-systems of Pakistan are associated with economic
losses, information is still missing about the tick's diversity, hosts they infest, seasonal …

Background Studies on ticks infesting equids are lacking in various parts of the world,
including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Background Rhipicephalus microplus, an invasive tick species of Asian origin and the main
vector of Babesia species, is considered one of the most widespread ectoparasites of …

Hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) are medically important ectoparasites that feed on all classes
of terrestrial vertebrates. Recently, we molecularly characterized hard ticks and associated …

Ticks of the Boophilus subgenus, classified in the genus Rhipicephalus, are widespread in
subtropical and tropical regions, but knowledge on their distribution in Asia is fragmentary …

Since ancient times, philosophers and taxonomists have tried to classify forms of life. This is
what taxonomy is about: the science of identifying, naming, classifying, and describing …