Table 1 Distribution of tick species and their associated host animal species in the semi-arid and the arid agro-ecological zones of Pakistan

 ATK

Buffalo

–

–

0/5/16

–

H. anatolicum = 35.9

R. microplus = 64.1

Cattle

0/25/31

–

10/48/78

–

Goat

–

–

0/10/10

–

Sheep

6/24/24

–

–

–

 GJW

Buffalo

0/0/3

–

1/33/105

–

Cattle

0/7/11

–

7/50/94

–

Goat

–

–

0/8/12

–

Sheep

–

–

–

–

 KSR

Buffalo

0/55/49

–

9/7/30

–

Cattle

7/53/52

–

19/15/50

–

Goat

3/0/0

–

3/0/3

–

Sheep

–

–

3/0/0

–

 OKR

Buffalo

20/140/84

–

7/1/16

–

H. anatolicum = 94.3

H. dromedarii = 1.5

R. microplus = 3.1

R. turanicus = 1.1

Cattle

23/115/65

–

8/1/25

–

Goat

–

–

–

–

Sheep

–

–

–

–

 KNW

Buffalo

72/59/35

–

4/1/4

–

Cattle

214/55/27

–

0/2/5

–

Goat

21/0/0

–

–

–

 MTN^a

Buffalo

65/66/96

–

–

–

Cattle

168/110/104

–

–

–

Goat

26/4/2

–

–

–

 VHR

Buffalo

83/52/47

–

–

Cattle

85/39/26

–

0/5/10

–

Goat

43/12/4

–

–

–

Sheep

0/0/2

–

–

–

 BWP

Buffalo

57/65/41

0/4/1

–

0/4/3

Cattle

24/25/22

13/16/6

–

–

Goat

35/15/9

0/1/0

–

6/0/2

 RYK

Buffalo

71/86/59

–

–

–

Cattle

84/31/30

–

–

–

Goat

20/12/9

–

–

14/0/1

Sheep

–

–

–

–

Total

3807

1127/1050/832

13/21/7

71/186/458

20/4/6

Mean %

(95% CI)

79.3

(78.0–80.6)

1.1

(7.7–1.4)

18.8

(17.5–20.0)

0.8

(0.5–1.1)