Research Article
Detection of Brucella in Dermacentor Ticks of Wild Boar with Brucellosis
Table 1
Animal host species and tick pools included in the study.
| | Animal hosts | Ticks | | Species | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Tick pools (%) |
| | Wild boar | DM | 3 | 42 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 127 (72.1) | | DR | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 (2.84) | | HL | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 36 (20.4) | | HM | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 (1.13) | | IR | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 (1.70) | | RS | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 (1.70) | | Total | 13 | 53 | 22 | 13 | 41 | 34 | 176 (100) |
| | Red deer | DM | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 6 (15.0) | | HL | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 20 (50.0) | | RB | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 (5.00) | | RS | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 12 (30.0) | | Total | 7 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 40 (100) |
| | Mouflon | DM | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 (14.2) | | HL | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 (57.4) | | RS | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 (28.5) | | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 (100) |
| | Fallow deer | HL | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 (50.0) | | RS | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 (50.0) | | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 (100) |
| | All | Total | 24 | 73 | 25 | 18 | 55 | 34 | 229 | | % | 10.4 | 31.8 | 10.9 | 7.86 | 24.0 | 14.8 | 100 |
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