Biodiversity of Ticks and Fleas of Dogs in the Western Balkans – Preliminary Examinations
2016
Ivan Pavlovic | Ivan Pavlović | Srdjan Jovčevski | Dragan Rogožarski | Ferenc Csordás | Novalina Mitrović | Irina Mijatovic | Doroteja Marčić | Dragan Ćirković | Milanko Šekler | Marko Ristić
Ticks and fleas infestation is the most common ectoparasitic condition of dogs with worldwide distribution. In period 2011-2013 we performed preliminary study on the biodiversity of ticks and flea of dogs, from the Western Balkan area. Parasites were collected from dogs in veterinary practices from several cities in various part of Serbia, Macedonia, Republic Srpska (BiH) and Montenegro. During of the study of relative abundance analysis revealed that the species Ixodes ricinus was absolutely dominant, followed by Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Dermacentor marginatus and D. reticulatus. At same examinations three flea species were found at dogs Ctenocephalides felis felis was the most abundant, followed by Ctenocephalides canis and Pulex irritans.
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