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Hyalomma aegyptium the dominant hard tick in tortoises Tesdudo hermanni boettgeri found in different regions of Albania

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  • 1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, 1000, Albania
  • 2. Suşehri Timur Karabal Vocational School, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 58600, Turkey
  • 3. Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Street "Bill Clinton", Prishtine 10000, Kosovo
  • 4. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey

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Bizhga, Bejo, S, Bektaş, onmez, Bardhaj, Laurent, Sherifi, Kurtesh, Gündemir, Ozan, Duro, Sokol (2022): Hyalomma aegyptium the dominant hard tick in tortoises Tesdudo hermanni boettgeri found in different regions of Albania. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 17: 199-204, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.02.002, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.02.002

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