Acari Exam 2

Question 1

Ixodes spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 1

Deer tick / Black Legged tick
mammals, birds, humans *** ADULTS ON DEER
3-host tick
TRANSMITS LYME DISEASE; INORNATE; LONG PALPS

Question 2

Dermacentor spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 2

Rocky Mountain Wood Tick / American dog tick
L & N: rodents; A: dogs, humans
3-host tick
ROCKY MTN SPOTTED FEVER (Rickettsia), Babesia; ORNATE; SHORT PALPS

Question 3

Amblyomma spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 3

Lone Star Tick
livestock, dogs, cats, humans
3-host
Painful bites: transmits Rickettsia, Hepatozoon; ORNATE, LONG PALPS

Question 4

Rhipicephalus sanguineus
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 4

Brown dog / kennel tick
dogs, humans
3-host
L & N: back of neck, A: btwn toes, ears
HEXAGONAL head, INORNATE, SHORT PALPS; indoor living; transmits Babesia, Ehrlichia, RMSF

Question 5

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 5

Blue/ cattle tick
cattle, livestock
1-host
HEXAGONAL head, INORNATE, SHORT PALPS; transmits Texas cattle fever/Babesia, Anaplasma
REPORTABLE!!!