title: Ticks infesting domestic animals in Italy: current acarological studies carried out in Sardinia and Basilicata regions.
abstract: The note reviews published and unpublished data on acaralogical studies carried out by different parasitologists' groups in Sardinia and Basilicata regions. In Sardinia 72 collecting sites were investigated and a total of 4,086 ticks were collected from hosts (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) and from soil. So far 2,413 ticks belonging to six genera have been identified: Rhipicephalus (67.2%), Haemaphysalis (24.1%), Hyalomma (2.7%), Boophilus (0.7%), Dermacentor (4.9%), Ixodes (0.3%). Host-associated ticks were collected from 50 out of 200 selected farms in Basilicata. About 4,000 tick specimens were collected and 1,794 ticks have been identified (of which 1,215 were adults, 6 larvae and 573 nymphs). The following genera were identified: Ixodes (20%), Rhipicephalus (27%), Hyalomma (31%), Haemaphysalis (18%), Dermacentor (6%). The seasonal distribution of the species identified in the two regions studies is discussed from a geographical and climatic point of view.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità e Benessere Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Todaro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otranto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giangaspero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D006041:Goats; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks