بررسي تنوع گونه اي و تغييرات فصلي كنه هاي سخت اسب هاي شهرستان مراغه

Survey on hard tick species diversity and seasonal variations of equines in Maragheh

در بررسي حاضر از روستا هاي اطراف شهرستان مراغه 140 راس اسب بازرسي شد. كه از اين تعداد 10 راس (14/7٪) آلوده به انگل هاي خارجي بودند. سن اسب هاي مورد بررسي از يك سال تا 12 سال متغير بود. كه در اين بررسي انجام گرفته عارضه پوستي و نشانه اي از بيماري خاصي مشاهده نگرديد. از اين تعداد، كل اسب هاي نر 99 راس و ماده 41 راس بودند. كه 7 راس از نرها و 3 راس از ماده ها آلوده بودند. (بترتيب 07/7٪ و 31/7٪ براي نرها و ماده ها). بيشترين آلودگي در اسب هاي 8 سال به بالا و كمترين آلودگي در سن 2 سال به پايين مشاهده گرديد بر اساس يافته هاي آزمون آماري مربع كاي رابطه معني داري بين فراواني آلودگي به كنه ها بر حسب سن و جنس دام وجود ندارد( 05/0

In present, survey, 140 horses were investigated from Maragheh surrounding Villages. 10 out of all horses were infected by ectoparasites (7.14%) the studied horses were 1 to 12 years old. No skin lesion and sign of particular disease was observed in this survey. Also 99 of the horses were male and 41 of them were female where 7 male horses and 3 female horses were infected (7.07% and 7.31% respectively). Infection has most prevalence in horses older than 8 also the least prevalence was observed in horses which younger than 2 years old. According to findings of Chi square statistical test, there was no significant relation between tick infestation rate considering the age and sex of the animals but there was a significant difference between groups that located in different regions.