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Ixodid ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Ticks of the Ixodidae family represent an enormous threat to human and animal health. From January to December 2004, a total of 10,050 ixodid ticks were collected from 26 areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina and determined to the species level. Ticks were collected from dogs, sheep, cows, goats, rodents, humans and plants. Ixodes ricinus was the most prevalent species, followed by Dermacentor marginatus marginatus, Rhipicephalus bursa, Hyalomma marginatum marginatum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Haemaphysalis punctata, Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes hexagonus.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Almedina Zuko, Dean of Veterinary faculty of Sarajevo and many of my B&H colleagues, as without their help this work would not have been possible. Furthermore, I wish to thank Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfister, Head of Institute for Compparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Munich, Germany for his kind support required to complete this project and his staff for their help in the fulfillment of the work.

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  1. Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Omeragic, J. Ixodid ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Exp Appl Acarol 53, 301–309 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9402-8

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