Association of Parasitic Diseases of Cattle in Sheki-Zagatal Economic Region of Azerbaijan

The article presents information on studies conducted on cattle infected with associated helminthic-protozoal diseases, as well as the spread of ixodid ticks, which are carriers of their pathogens in individual livestock farms in the foothill zone of the Sheki-Zakatala economic region, located in the northwest of Azerbaijan (Sheki and Kakh districts). As a result of the research, it was established that in the foothill zone there is an infection of cattle with associated helminthicprotozoal diseases. In the foothill zone, the prevalence of strongyloid invasion is EI28.0%, nematodirosis invasion is EI23.1%, and trichuriasis is EI10.4%.As a result of research in the foothill zone, 4 types of pathogens of blood parasitic diseases were identified in cattle - Theileria annulata, Piroplasma bigeminum, Francaiella colchica and Anaplasma marginale, as well as mixed invasions: theileriosis + anaplasmosis, piroplasmosis + francaiella, francaiella + anaplasmosis.Six species of ixodid ticks belonging to four genera were identified in the farms: Hyalomma plumbeum, H. anatolicum, Rhipicephalus bursa, Rh. turanicus, Boophilus calcaratus and Ixodes ricinus.