Research
Morphologic and Molecular Identification of Ticks Infesting Herds of Cattle around Zaria Environs Kaduna State Nigeria
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August 5, 2020
Ticks are important vector arthropods of human and animal pathogens. Information on tick vectors as well as their distribution in Zaria and environs is very scanty. The study was aimed at identifying the various tick species infesting cattle in Zaria using a molecular technique. Ticks were collected from two hundred cattle (n=200) of which 193 (96.5%) were tick infested. The individual ticks were washed, crushed and incubated at 56°C overnight.
