Manual on Livestock Ticks for Animal Disease Eradication Division Personnel

ADULTS Eggs deposited albipictus Amblyomma americanum Amblyomma cajennense American dog tick anaplasmosis andersoni animals Argasidae basis capituli bovine anaplasmosis capitulum cattle fever tick causative agent Colorado tick fever coxa CYCLE SUMMARY LARVAE Days Days Days deer deposited Longevity Engorge Dorsal ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE Eggs deposited Longevity engorged female Engorgement Molting Days feed fowl tick genus goat Haemaphysalis hard ticks hypostome Incubation of eggs infected Ixodes Ixodidae Larvae and nymphs LARVAE NYMPHS Longevity legs leporispalustris LOCATION ON HOST male mate ment position Oviposition Mexico microplus Molting Days Days Molting Longevity unfed Mountain spotted fever mule nigrolineatus nitens Number Number Days Number Number Number nymphal stages NYMPHS Longevity unfed 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