Association of Parasitic Diseases of Cattle in Sheki-Zagatal Economic Region of Azerbaijan

The article presents information on studies conducted on cattle infected with associated helminthic-protozoal diseases, as well as the spread of ixodid ticks, which are carriers of their pathogens in individual livestock farms in the foothill zone of the Sheki-Zakatala economic region, located in the northwest of Azerbaijan (Sheki and Kakh districts). As a result of the research, it was established that in the foothill zone there is an infection of cattle with associated helminthic-protozoal diseases. In the foothill zone, the prevalence of strongyloid invasion is EI28.0%, nematodirosis invasion is EI23.1%, and trichuriasis is EI10.4%.As a result of research in the foothill zone, 4 types of pathogens of blood parasitic diseases were identified in cattle - Theileria annulata, Piroplasma bigeminum, Francaiella colchica and Anaplasma marginale, as well as mixed invasions: theileriosis + anaplasmosis, piroplasmosis + francaiella, francaiella + anaplasmosis.Six species of ixodid ticks belonging to four genera were identified in the farms: Hyalomma plumbeum, H. anatolicum, Rhipicephalus bursa, Rh. turanicus, Boophilus calcaratus and Ixodes ricinus.