For a total of 2,500 animals examined, ticks infested 763 animals (30.5 %). A total of 300 stalls and stables were checked in 27 villages, 75 of which were infested with ticks  (25%). A total of 1,416 ticks have been collected, of which 30% were male, 44.6% were female, 22% were nymphs and 1.4% were also tick larvae. Of the 94% of the ticks collected, 11 species have been classified as hard ticks, belonging to 4 genera: Hyalomma (65%), Heamiphysalis (11%), Rhipicephalus (6%), and Dermacenter (12%). Three species of soft ticks from two genera of Ornithodorus and Argas were identified. (Table 1).