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Molecular Identification and Characterization of Exotic Tick Species in Egypt: Livestock Ticks from Neighboring African Countries

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Economic entomology

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Out of the 44 hard tick species identified in Egypt, a minimum of ten species are classified as exotic. The current study was conducted to molecularly characterize the ticks that infest imported livestock animals. Ticks were obtained from livestock and camels in Cairo and Giza governorates that had been imported from other African countries. The study revealed the occurence of Amblyomma gemma, Am. lepidum, Am. hebraeum, Am. variegatum, Hyalomma impressum, and Rhipicephalus decoloratus. The collected ticks showed a significant similarity of Am. gemma to isolates from Kenya by 99.5%, Am. hebraeum to South African isolates by 98%, Am. lepidum to isolates from Kenya by 99%, Am. variegatum to Ethiopian isolates by 99.7%, Hy. impressum to isolates from Benin by 98.8%, and Rh. decoloratus to isolates from South Africa by 99%. Phylogenetically, the identified ticks have consistently clustered with their highest similarities showing high bootstrap values based on the sequences of 28S rRNA.

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2024.387234

Keywords

Egypt, Exotic, identification, livestock, Molecular, Ticks

Authors

First Name

Haytham

Last Name

Senbill

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Department of Applied Entomology & Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt

Email

haytham.senbill@alexu.edu.eg

City

alexandria-Egypt

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First Name

Jehan

Last Name

zeb

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2Centre for Immunology and Infection (C2i) Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Hong Kong SAR, China. 3 School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Email

zebjehan2012@gmail.com

City

China

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Egypt

Email

ahmed.mohamed@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0001-9469-8021

Volume

45

Article Issue

4

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51107

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-09-20

Publish Date

2024-12-30

Page Start

571

Page End

579

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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ASEJAIQJSAE_Volume 45_Issue 4_Pages 571-579.pdf

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_387234.html

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Molecular Identification and Characterization of Exotic Tick Species in Egypt: Livestock Ticks from Neighboring African Countries

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23 Dec 2024