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Table 2 Distribution of individual ticks on different regions of the body of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) nestlings

From: Five ixodid tick species including two morphotypes of Rhipicephalus turanicus on nestlings of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) from south-eastern Bulgaria

Body part

No. of cases (no. of nestlings)

No. of ticks

Face and mandible

16

222

Eyelids

9

22

Lore

3

7

Chin

6

36

Forehead

1

4

Neck

2

26

Toes

2

2

Cloacal region

1

1