Ixodes ticks – transmitters of dangerous transmissible infections and invasions agents

• Published in: Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary Sciences 2020-09, Vol.11 (3), p.75-84
• Main Authors: Soroka, N., Nedosekov, V., Ovcharuk, N., Ovcharuk, V., Kravchuk, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ixodes ticks; ixodidoses of animals; risks; spread; transmissible diseases
• ISSN: 2663-967X; 2663-9688
• DOI: 10.31548/ujvs2020.03.008

The article considers domestic and foreign experience in the spread of Ixodes ticks – vectors of dangerous transmissible infections and invasions in the park areas of Ukraine and preventive measures against Ixodidosis of animals and humans. The material for the study was the data of veterinary reporting obtained from the state regional laboratories of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection for 2018–2019. The research was conducted at the Department of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Ixodes ticks, previously collected in the park zone of Kyiv, were used for research. We analyzed the results of studying the Ixodes ticks for the presence of pathogens of dangerous transmissible infections and invasions, as well as the treatment of dogs with Ixodidoses. We consider it important to timely prevent animals from ticks, the studying of ticks in the areas of their possible spread; analysis of the ecological situation within three to four years in the area where ticks are most common; creation of maps using the Geographic information systems that reflect the dynamics of diseases transmitted by Ixodes ticks; informing the population to prevent the spread of infected ticks. Prospects for further research are the search for effective acaricidal drugs, taking into account their toxicity