PRADEEP, BS2019-07-052019-07-052009http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810112933Ticks belong lo Phylum, Arthropoda and make up the largest collection of creatures in the Order Acarina. Ticks are divided into two groups, soft ticks (Argasidae) and hard ticks (Ixodidae). Ticks transmit more kinds of pathogens than any other group of blood feeding arthropods and among arthropods are second only to mosquitoes in their public health importance worldwide. Ticks and the diseases they transmit are widely distributed throughout the world, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. It has been estimated that 80 percent of the world's cattle population is exposed to tick infestation (KAO, 1984).Thesis