The study was conducted from October 2014 to June 2015 to estimate tick prevalence and identify major tick genera infesting\ncattle and the associated risk factors in Arbegona district, southern Ethiopia. A total of 2024 adult ticks were collected from main\nbody parts of animals and eight species of ticks which belong to three genera were identified. Questionnaire survey was employed\nconcerning the general case on the tick infestation problems on the cattle. From 384 cattle examined, 291 (75.7%) were found to\nbe infested with one or more types of tick species. The relative prevalence of each genera was Amblyomma (34.9%), Rhipicephalus\n(Boophilus) (26.6%), Hyalomma (19.2%), and Rhipicephalus (19%). The prevalence of tick infestation in good (65.5%), medium\n(74%), and poor body condition animal (100%) was found to be statistically significant (
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