5.Conclusion
The findings of the recent study indicate that the number of tick species caught in this region is varied due to the large abundance of livestock in Sarab county and the wealth of animal and livestock husbandry practices and the production of dairy products. Because of the small scale of the county it reveals the richness of different species of ticks in this region. In the study of tick diversity in the research region among different hosts, it was observed that all the indices observed on sheep and goats have a comparatively higher value that the ticks are more associated with long hair hosts, so periodically picking the wool and hair of these hosts may be a way to reduce tick activity. Throughout this research, the spreading of ticks as the vectors was found randomly around the region, but internal analysis revealed that the high-risk area of ticks was very high in the west of the study area as well as being a large hotspot.
Acknowledgements
This study was financially supported by the Deputy of Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Grant No. 40919.