Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LIX (1)
Written by Ivan PAVLOVIC, Snezana IVANOVIC, Miroslav ZUJOVIC
The study about tick fauna and season distribution of tick of small ruminant at spread Belgrade area was started in March and finished in November 2011. During study we examined a total of 91 flocks of goats and sheep from 6 Belgrade districts. In total we examined 281 sheep and 122 goats. Ticks infestation we occurred at 169 (60.14%) sheep and 42 (34.42%) goats. Most abundant were Ixodes ricinus, followed by Dermacentor marginatus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R.bursa, Haemaphysalis punctata, D.recticulatus.
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