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Table 2 Demography of adult tick species infesting 176 camels in north-western Nigeria

From: Prevalence and molecular characterization of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Nigeria

Parameter/Tick species

Total number (%)

Study locations

Kano (n = 396)

Jigawa (n = 145)

Sokoto (n = 52)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Hyalomma dromedarii

465 (78.41)

254

75

87

27

12

10

H. truncatum

87 (14.67)

22

18

15

6

22

4

H. rufipes

19 (3.20)

3

5

7

1

3

0

H. impeltatum

18 (3.03)

12

4

1

0

1

0

H. impressum

2 (0.34)

0

2

0

0

0

0

Amblyomma variegatum

1 (0.17)

1

0

0

0

0

0

Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi

1 (0.17)

0

0

0

1

0

0

Total

593 (100.0)

292 (49.2)

104 (17.5)

110 (18.5)

35 (5.9)

38 (6.4)

14 (2.4)