TY - JOUR AU - Ramzan, Muhammad AU - Naeem-Ullah, Unsar AU - Masood Bokhari, Syed Haroon AU - Saba, Shafia AU - Khan, Khalid Ali AU - Saeed, Shafqat PY - 2020/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Checklist of the tick (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) species of Pakistan JF - Veterinaria Italiana JA - VetIt VL - 56 IS - 4 SE - Review DO - 10.12834/VetIt.1721.9077.1 UR - https://veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/1721 SP - 221-236 AB - <p><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 569.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.96481);">In developed and underdeveloped countries, ticks are important vectors transmitting various </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 587.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.906919);">pathogens that cause diseases of veterinary and public health importance, like babesiosis, </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 605.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.911486);">theileriosis, Crimean‑Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and many more. Many species of </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 623.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.915188);">ticks have been reported in scientific literature from Pakistan, which need to be listed for </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 641.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.934363);">ready reference. For this purpose, a checklist of tick species recorded in Pakistan is presented </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 659.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.943451);">here after comprehensive review of the available literature on the subject. Overall, nine </span><span style="left: 326.102px; top: 677.504px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.947313);">genera and 53 species of ticks infesting animals in Pakistan are presented in this checklist.</span></p> ER -