Participatory and Conventional Investigation of Tick Infestation in Camels and Cattle of Somali Pastoral Areas, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 6

Distribution and percent abundance of different tick species in camels and cattle in the study area.

Tick genera	Tick species	Male	Female	Total	Prevalence (%)
Amblyomma	A. gemma	101	5065	5166	26.3
	A. lepidum	1106	498	1604	6.7
	A. variegatum	1013	771	1784	6.5
Hyalomma	H. truncatum	1759	1675	3434	11.6
Rhipicephalus	R. pulchellus	4140	4482	8622	48.9
Total no. of ticks		8119	12,491	20,610	100