The influence of ticks on the spread of vector-borne and arbovirus diseases in the West Kazakhstan region

Abstract

The article discusses the findings of a study investigating the impact of ticks on the transmission of vector-borne and arboviral diseases among livestock in the West Kazakhstan region. The epizootic situation with blood-sucking ticks in farm animals has also been studied. The results presented in this article show a potential solution to many problems associated with the spread of tick-borne infections. The analysis of epizootic indicators used for monitoring and zoning the territory of Western Kazakhstan according to the degree of intensity of the epizootic situation and a number of infections among farm animals has been carried out. To monitor and zone the territory of Western Kazakhstan according to the degree of intensity of the epizootic situation for the following viral infections among farm animals (bluetongue, Schmallenberg's disease, nodular dermatitis of cattle, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, etc.). The methods developed and adapted for the detection and strain differentiation of the virus were used, based on PCR and nucleotide sequencing, followed by analysis of the amplified nucleotide sequences of the genome of isolates of identified animal viruses in Western Kazakhstan. The results are of scientific and practical interest to researchers from neighboring countries: Central Asia, Russia, China, etc.