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Otobius megnini (spinose ear tick)

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soft tick
Western US
cattle, horse, dog, cat
ear canal
adults are not parasitic
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Argas persicus

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soft tick
birds
mexican border
active in evening
decreased egg production, anemia
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Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick) and Ixodes pacificus (western black-legged tick)

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Hard ticks
3 host - L/N - small rodent, A- deer
transmits - Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
transmits- Anaplasma phagocytophilum (granulocytic ehrlichiosis)

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Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)

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Hard ticks
3 host - N/L - foxes, A - larger animals (cattle)
anemia, secondary bacterial infections
host - Cytauxzoon felis
transmits - Ehrlichia chaffeensis (canine monocytic ehrlichiosis), Ehrlichia ewingii (canine granulocytic ehrlichosis), Francisella tularensis (tularemia)

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Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf coast tick)

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Hard tick
3 host - N/L foxes, A - larger animals (cattle)
anemia, secondary bacterial infections
host - Hepatozoon americanum

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Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick) and Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)

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Hard ticks
3 host - L/N - small rodents, A - larger (dogs/humans)
tick paralysis
transmits - Rickettsai rickettsii (rocky mountain spotted fever), Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
Andersoni transmits- Anaplasma marginale (bovine anaplasmosis)

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Dermacentor albipictus (winter tick)

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Hard tick
1 host - moose/caribou/deer/bison/horse/cattle
massive infestations - particularly in wildlife
infestation noticed in Mar-Apr, picked up in previous fall

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Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Brown dog tick)

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hard tick
indoors - originally tropics
3 host - all dog
host - Babesia canis
transmits - Ehrlichia canis (canine monocytic ehrlichiosis), Anaolasma platys
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Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (American cattle tick)

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hard ticks
1 host - annulatus - cattle, microplus - large general
ERADICATED FROM US - REPORTABLE
host - Babesia bigemina (Texas cattle fever)
transmit - Anaplasma marginale (bovine anaplasmosis)

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Ehrlichia canis

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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Ehrlichia chaffeenis

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Ambylomma americanum

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Ehrlichia ewingii

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Amblyomma americanum

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes pacificus

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Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)

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Dermacentor variabilis, Dermacenter andersoni

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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)

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Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes pacificus

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Babesia canis

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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Hepatozoon americanum

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Ambylomma maculatum

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Cytauxzoon felix

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Ambylomma americanum

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Babesia bigemina/ Babesia bovis (Texas cattle fever)

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Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus

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Anaplasma marginale - cattle

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Dermacentor andersoni, Dermacenter occidentalis

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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) - cattle

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Ixodes scapularis

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Babesia caballi - horse

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Ambylomma cajennense

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Babesia equi

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Ambylomma cajennense

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum - horse

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Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes pacificus

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