Prevalence and Species Identification of Ixodid Ticks of Small Ruminants in Benadir Region, Somalia

Table 4

Relative abundance of tick species during the study period.

Tick species	Total	Percentages
Rh. pulchellus	423	64.97
Rh. evertsi evertsi	55	8.45
Rh. pravus	36	5.53
Rh. lunulatus	35	5.38
Rh. bursa	16	2.46
Rh. turanicus	13	1.99
A. lepidum	34	5.22
A. gemma	22	3.38
H. truncatum	17	2.61
Total	651	100