Manual on Livestock Ticks for Animal Disease Eradication Division Personnel

albipictus Amblyomma americanum Amblyomma cajennense American dog tick anaplasmosis andersoni animals Argasidae attach basis capituli bovine anaplasmosis capitulum cattle fever tick causative agent Colorado tick fever coxa Days Days Days Days Days Number Days Number Number deer deposited Longevity Engorge disease Dorsal drop ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE Eggs deposited Longevity engorged female Engorgement Molting feed fowl tick genus goat Haemaphysalis hard ticks hypostome Incubation of eggs infected Ixodes Ixodidae Larvae and nymphs LARVAE NYMPHS Longevity legs livestock LOCATION ON HOST mate ment position Max Mexico Molting Longevity unfed Mountain spotted fever mule nigrolineatus nitens Number Number Days Number Number Number nymphal stages NYMPHS Longevity unfed one-host tick Ornithodoros Oviposition Oviposition Incubation 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 three-host tick Tick HABITAT tick paralysis transmitted tularemia vector ventral