Manual on Livestock Ticks for Animal Disease Eradication Division Personnel

albipictus Amblyomma americanum Amblyomma cajennense American dog tick anaplasmosis andersoni animals Argasidae basis capituli birds bovine anaplasmosis capitulum cattle fever tick causative agent Coast tick Colorado tick fever coxa CYCLE SUMMARY LARVAE Days Days Days Days Days Number Days Number Number deer Dermacentor venustus disease Dorsal ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE engorged female feed fowl tick genus goat hard ticks hypostome Incubation of eggs infected Ixodes Ixodidae Larvae and nymphs LARVAE NYMPHS Longevity legs livestock LOCATION ON HOST Longevity Engorge male mate Mexico microplus Molting Days Days Mountain spotted fever mule nigrolineatus nitens Number Number Days Number Number Number nymphal stages NYMPHS Longevity unfed one-host tick Oviposition Palpi parasites piroplasmosis Preovi Q fever red tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus rickettsia Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain spotted screwworm scutum segment sheep soft ticks species of ticks spinose ear tick Spiracular Plate SUMMARY LARVAE NYMPHS three-host tick Tick HABITAT tick paralysis transmitted tularemia vector ventral winter tick