role of ticks in transmitting some pathogenic microorganisms

ABSTRACT

Ticks were collected from 90 cattle [57 dairy cows, 18 heifers and 15 bull calves] and examined for the isolation of pathogenic microorganisms, which could be transmitted to the infested animals. The isolated pathogenic bacteria were Corynebacterium renale and bovis, Proteus vulgaris and mirabilis, E. coli I, Salmonella bovis morbificans, Streptococcus bovis and faecium, Staphylococcus aureus and Pasteurella multocida. On the other h and, the isolated fungi were Aspergillus niger, flavus and fumigatus, Penicillium spp., Mucor spp. Rhizopus spp., Alternaria spp., Geotrichum spp., Cryptococcus and C and ida tropicalis