SOME BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS TICKS UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE

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For the present study a total of 220 male and female ticks (Boophilus annulatus) were collected from cattle in different places in Assiut Governorate. Bacteriological examination of gut, ovaries and crushed ticks indicate that 81 isolates were recovered, of these 27 (33.3%) from the gut, 18 (22.2%) from ovaries and 36 (44.4%) from crushed groups of examined ticks.
Microscopical examination of haemolymph smears from 80 ticks revealed that 2 of them (2.5%) were positive for tickettisae.