Distribution of hard tick species among sheep Ovis Aries L. in al-Anbar province, Western desert of Iraq

الملخص EN

The Middle East fat tailed sheep Ovis aries L.

examined within the boundaries of Al-Anbar province, western Iraq was found to acquire seven species of ixodid ticks namely, Hyalomma anatolicum, H.

excxavatum, H.

marginatum turanicum, H.

detritum, Hyalomma sp., Rhipicephalus turanicus and R.

s.

sanguineus.

The results discussed with the pertinent literature.