Rhipicephalus sanguineus (1)

Question 1

What are the common names?

Answer 1

Brown dog tick

Kennel tick

Question 2

What are the hosts?

Answer 2

All stages on dogs

Can infest humans

Question 3

How do you identify?

Answer 3

12 mm fed

Festoons

Up to 5 mm unfed - Medium size

Short palps

Inornate scutum

Hexagonal basis capituli

Yellow - sometimes reddish/blackish brown

Question 4

Explain the life cycle

Answer 4

3 host tick

Warm, subtropical climate

Cracks/ crevices in houses, garages, and dog runs

Adapted to living indoors

Several months-years

Question 5

What are the predilection sites?

Answer 5

Adults

 - Between toes
 - In ears

Larvae/Nymphs
- Back of neck

Skin

Question 6

Describe the Pathogenesis

Answer 6

Most common tick in Southern US

Transmits:

 - Monocytic ehrlichiosis
 - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
 - Canine Babesiosis 
 - Canine hepatozoonosis

Question 7

How do you diagnose?

Answer 7

Identification of tick

Question 8

How do you treat and prevent?

Answer 8

Ticks can be removed manually

Regular application of acaricides

Other measures

Control
- Elimination of ticks - acaricidal treatment of both dogs/home/
kennel

Question 9

What is important about Rhipicephalus sanguineus?

Answer 9

It is ZOONOTIC!