<p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>

The epidemiological significance of ticks of the genus Argas has been known since 1897, as this genus includes at least 61 species of ticks parasitizing birds and bats and is capable of hosting and transmitting several bacterial diseases such as salmonellosis and aegyptianellosis. We present a summ...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Yatsuk, Vasiliy Kolesnikov, Yulia Davydova, Lubov Malovichko, Felipe Campos-Cerda, Aleksandr Matyukhin
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Published: Acarological Society of Iran 2023-04-01
Series:Persian Journal of Acarology
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Online Access:https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/77948
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description The epidemiological significance of ticks of the genus Argas has been known since 1897, as this genus includes at least 61 species of ticks parasitizing birds and bats and is capable of hosting and transmitting several bacterial diseases such as salmonellosis and aegyptianellosis. We present a summary of the monitoring of A. persicus ticks collected from several bird species during 4 years in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Our results show that domestic and wild birds can host high numbers of ticks and their close proximity increases the probability of exchanging ticks. We found that various birds from no migratory species come to contact with poultry during their nesting season and likely exchange ticks with them. Our results show that despite the regular acaricide treatment of farms, tick presence was extremely high with the exception of small sporadic reductions.
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spelling doaj-art-49ff445aac0249b698a1e72bee1b1df12025-08-20T02:29:13ZengAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81692023-04-0112210.22073/pja.v12i2.77948<p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>Aleksandra Yatsuk0Vasiliy Kolesnikov1Yulia Davydova2Lubov Malovichko3Felipe Campos-Cerda4Aleksandr Matyukhin5Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Leninskij prosp., 33, Moscow, 119071, RussiaFederal public budgetary scientific institution All-Russian Research Institute of Protection of Plants, VNIISS, Voronezh Region, 396030, RussiaNizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after Kozma Minin Ulyanova st., 1, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, RussiaRussian State Agrarian University – RGAU – Moscow State Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev Timiryazevskaya st., 49, Moscow, 127550, RussiaLaboratorio de Conducta Animal, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, MéxicoSevertsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Leninskij prosp., 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia The epidemiological significance of ticks of the genus Argas has been known since 1897, as this genus includes at least 61 species of ticks parasitizing birds and bats and is capable of hosting and transmitting several bacterial diseases such as salmonellosis and aegyptianellosis. We present a summary of the monitoring of A. persicus ticks collected from several bird species during 4 years in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Our results show that domestic and wild birds can host high numbers of ticks and their close proximity increases the probability of exchanging ticks. We found that various birds from no migratory species come to contact with poultry during their nesting season and likely exchange ticks with them. Our results show that despite the regular acaricide treatment of farms, tick presence was extremely high with the exception of small sporadic reductions. https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/77948Argasidaeepidemiological significancepoultry
spellingShingle Aleksandra Yatsuk
Vasiliy Kolesnikov
Yulia Davydova
Lubov Malovichko
Felipe Campos-Cerda
Aleksandr Matyukhin
<p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
Persian Journal of Acarology
Argasidae
epidemiological significance
poultry
title <p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
title_full <p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
title_fullStr <p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
title_full_unstemmed <p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
title_short <p><strong>The Persian tick <em>Argas persicus</em></strong><strong> (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Kalmykia (Russia)</strong></p>
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epidemiological significance
poultry
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