Epidemiological Distribution of Major Ectoparasites Species of Small Ruminant in the Case of Chemical Control Campaign in Welkait District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 1

Species and host-based ectoparasites prevalence.

External parasites	Species external parasites	Total (n = 426)	Sheep (n = 102)	Goats (n = 324)	X^2	value
		Positive (%)	Positive (%)	Positive (%)
Tick	R. evertsi evertsi	165 (38.96)	58 (56.86)	108 (33.33)	0.763	0.382
	A. gemma	20 (4.69)	12 (11.76)	8 (2.47)	14.981	0.001
	A. variegatum	185 (43.43)	27 (26.47)	158 (48.77)	15.696	0.001
	R. B. decoloratus	26 (6.10)	7 (6.86)	19 (5.86)	0.135	0.713
	H. A. excavatum	1 (0.23)	1 (0.98)	0 (0.00)
Lice	L. stenopsis	84 (19.72)	0 (0.00)	84 (25.92)	32.940	0.001
Flea	C. canis	67 (15.73)	7 (6.86)	60 (18.52)	7.952	0.005
	C. felis	5 (1.17)	0 (0.00)	5 (1.54)	1.593	0.207
Mange	S. scapie var. caprea	4 (0.94)	0 (0.00)	4 (1.23)	1.260	0.262
Overall (grand total)		321 (75.35)	75 (73.53)	246 (75.93)

H.A. excavatum = Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum.