Manual on Livestock Ticks for Animal Disease Eradication Division Personnel

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 occidentalis Dermacentor venustus Dorsal ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE engorged female Engorgement Molting Days feed fowl tick genus goat hard ticks hypostome Incubation of eggs infected Ixodes Ixodidae larva--dorsal and ventral Larvae and nymphs LARVAE NYMPHS Longevity legs LOCATION ON HOST Longevity Engorge male mate Mexico Molting Days Days Mountain spotted fever mule nitens Number Number Number nymphal stages NYMPHS Longevity unfed one-host tick Otobius megnini 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 winter tick