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During an investigation about epidemiological aspects of tick population infesting livestock of district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 669 animals were screened (including 300 goats, 150 sheep, 110 cows and 109 buffaloes), from July to December 2012. Out of which, 346 (51.25%) animals were found infested with ticks. Only 699 tick specimens from sheep, goat, cow and buffaloes were successfully identified. Ticks belonging to four genera were found in different percentages. The most abundant genera observed were Hyalomma (39.19%), followed by Haemophysalis (27.46%), Otobious (26.32%) and Rhipicephalus (7.01%). The overall prevalence of ticks was recorded to be very high in the month of July (58.53%), followed by August (57.33%) and (56.48%) in the