Table 4 Seasonal relative abundance of the different tick species infesting horses in Israel. Bold represents peak season of each species

Haemaphysalis parva

0

0.94

0.01

0.05

Hyalomma excavatum

0.24

0.11

0.04

0.61

Hyalomma marginatum

0.32

0.01

0.08

0.58

Hyalomma rufipes

0.8

0.2

0

0

Hyalomma turanicum

0.71

0.14

0

0.14

Rhipicephalus annulatus

0.72

0.26

0

0.02

Rhipicephalus bursa

0

0

0

1

Rhipicephalus turanicus

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.98

Total

0.23

0.20

0.04

0.53