ON DISSEMINATION OF TICKS OF THE Dermacentor marginatus Şulze 1776 SPECIES 
IN THE NAKHCHIVAN AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC

Magerramov Salekh Geydar ogly, Doctor of biological sciences, professor, Rector of Nakhchivan State University (University Campus, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan); Correspondent member of ANSA, salehmaharramov@mail.ru
Seyidov Mirvasif Adil ogly, Applicant, sub-department of veterinary medicine, Nakhchivan State University (University Campus, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan), vasifseyidov59@gmail.com

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DOI

10.21685/2307-9150-2018-1-2

The article states that the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a habitat for 4 out of 6 genera of the İxodoidae family: Hyalomma, Ripicephalus, Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis, and it has been found out that 16 species of these 4 ixodidae ticks parasitize in the Nakhchivan AR. 15 species of these types of ticks parasitize on the body of agricultural animals. 4 species: Hy.asiaticum, Hy. anatolicum, Rh. bursa, D. marginatus are considered the dominant species. The range of the species Dermacentor marginatus occupies almost the entire territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and is 9,9 % of the total and 61,4 % of the generic harvest Dermacentor marginatus occupy the third place through extensive distribution and are considered dominant species. This species is recorded from low-lying belts up to 2600 m and even higher above sea level. The middle and upper mountain-steppe,
mountain forest and shrubby belts are common for this species in Nakhchivan AR.
In the mountainous regions, this species begins to be activated from the second half of April and after that it increases in quantity and until the end of May the intensity of the infecting of flocks reaches 60–70,6 %, and the extensiveness of each infected
animal is 16 specimens. The second peak in the mountainous areas is weaker butbegins from the end of August and continues until the end of September, at this time the intensity of the infecting of flocks reaches 25–30 %, and extensiveness of each
infected animal is 8,8 specimens. In the low foothill, as well as medium and the upper low-lying belts, the infecting of animals with these species is weaker than other belts, compared to the mountainous areas. In these belts, the attack of this type of
ticks on animals begins in April and the percentage of infecting of flocks is 25–28,4 %. In the foothills it is up to 40 %. The intensity of infecting for low-lying belts is 10,3 specimens, and in the foothills 13,0 specimens. In the low-high altitude belts of D. marginatus, activation begins from the first decade of May and continues until the end of August. The greatest infecting of flocks in these areas is observed in the second decade of July (40,0 %) and the number of ticks for each infected animal is 10,2 specimens.

Key words

ixodofauna, ticks, infection, geographic zones, Nakhchivan

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