The infestation of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Hyalomma scupense and Hyalomma excavatum on buffaloes of Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.

A parasitic investigation was carried out from April 2021 to December 2021 to analyze the diversity of hard ticks parasitizing farm buffaloes of Larkana division of Sindh, Pakistan. Beside the diversity of the hard ticks, their distribution and monthly infestation, species-wise infestation rate with the variation in male and female population of the ticks were also recorded. During the present research, 450 buffaloes were observed, 226 with 50.22% were found infested with ticks. The findings of this research suggest that there is significant intensity of ticks in farm buffaloes of the Larkana division. In this study, two species of genus Hyalomma were recorded Hyalomma scupense Schulze, 1919, and Hyalomma excavatum Koch, 1844.