Ectoparasites: Ticks Flashcards

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spinose ear tick

A

Otobius megnini
penetrate tympanic membrane (larval and nymph stages)
encephalitis

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black legged or deer tick

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Ixodes scapularis
lyme disease: Borrelia burgdorferi…
tularemia, babesia, ehrlichiosis

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western black legged tick

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Ixodes pacificus
lyme disease: Borrelia burgdorferi…
tularemia, babesia, ehrlichiosis

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4
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brown dog tick

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

complete life cycle indoors

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5
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American dog tick or wood tick

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Dermacentor variablis

Tularemia, RMSF, Canine tick paralysis

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Rocky Mountain wood tick

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Dermacentor andersoni

tularemia, RMSF, Colorado Tick fever, canine tick paralysis

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Lone Star tick

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Amblomma americanum

E. chaffeensis, E ewingii, Anaplasmosis, Southern tick associated rash, human monocytic erhyliciosis, tularemia

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Gulf Coast Tick

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tick paralysis, Ricketsiosis, leptospirosis, canine hepatozoonois

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Cattle Fever tick

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Boophilius annalatus
reportable boder US and Mexico-not in US
babesisa, Anaplasma marginale,

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