STUDY ON THE PREVALENCES OF TICK INFECTIONS ON DOGS RAISED  IN TAY HO DISTRICT - HA NOI CITY

Nguyễn Thị Ngân; Phan Thị Hồng Phúc; Phạm Diệu Thùy; Lê Thị Thu Phương

STUDY ON THE PREVALENCES OF TICK INFECTIONS ON DOGS RAISED IN TAY HO DISTRICT - HA NOI CITY

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Received: 13/12/19 Revised: 20/01/20 Published: 31/01/20

Authors

1. Nguyen Thi Ngan , TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
2. Phan Thi Hong Phuc, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Pham Dieu Thuy, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
4. Le Thi Thu Phuong, Nam Tu Liem Department of Veterinary and animal husbandry, Hanoi city

Abstract

To identify some of the epidemiological characteristics of ticks in dogs raised in Tay Ho district - Hanoi city and to apply effective tick prevention, we examined and collected parasitic ticks on the bodies of 493 dogs in 4 wards of Tay Ho district - Hanoi city. The results showed that, out of 493 dogs, there were 169 dogs infected with ticks, accounting for 34.28%; the infection intensity ranged from 3 to 205 ticks per dog; the prevalence of dogs aged over 12 months was higher than that in dogs below 12 months of age; the prevalence was not significantly different according to sex; the prevalence in domestic dogs was higher than that in foreign dogs (48.42% and 18.75%, respectively); in the Autumn- Winter season, the percentage of dogs infected with ticks and the number of ticks per dog was much higher than that in the Spring - Summer season (29.08% and 41.23%, respectively); in our research, we identified 2 species of ticks: Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Boophilus microplus. Among them, dog were infected mostly by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (20.69%) and Boophilus microplus had infectious rate of 13.59%.

Keywords

Dog, tick, infection rate, Tay Ho, Hanoi.

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