Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey of Ectoparasites in Sheep from Central Tunisia: Does Low Prevalence Indicate Good Hygiene or Resistance to Ectoparasites?

Khawla Elati, Nesrine Daly, Mokhtar Dhibi, Hela Laaribi, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi

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Khawla ElatiLaboratory of Parasitology, Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-7906-1759

Nesrine DalyLaboratory of Parasitology, Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.

Mokhtar DhibiLaboratory of Parasitology, Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.

Hela LaaribiLaboratory of Parasitology, Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.

Mourad RekikInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 950764, Amman 11195, Jordan.

Mohamed GharbiLaboratory of Parasitology, Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-7074-2021

Manouba University · TNFreie Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock NAGerman Academic Exchange Service 91725928Laboratoire d'infections enzootiques des herbivores, application à la lutte (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia) LR16AGR01

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Abstract

Sheep ectoparasites such as chewing lice, fleas and ticks are serious constraints to sheep productivity and are the cause of skin lesions in animals that decrease their market value. This study aims at investigating the ectoparasite fauna infesting small ruminants in the district of Sidi Bouzid (central Tunisia). A total of 1243 Barbarine and Queue Fine de l'Ouest (QFO) sheep were examined every two months for one year. Of the total animals examined, 74 were infested by at least 1 parasite group (5.95%). Three ectoparasite groups were identified as

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Ctenocephalides canisectoparasitesPsoroptes ovissheepticks

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PMID38473186

DOI10.3390/ani14050801

PMCPMC10931007

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