Ticks Flashcards
cause sweating sickness
Hyalomma truncatum
argentine tick
Margaropus winthemi
sudanese or beady-legged tick
Margaropus reidi
Oxidids members exclusively of reptiles
Genus Aponomma
lone star tick
Amblyomma americanum
diseases transmitted by lone star ticks
heart water disease, Nairobi sheep disease, Q fever
tropical bont tick
Amblyomma variegatum
causative agent of heart water disease
Rickettsia ruminantium
cayenne tick
Amblyomma cajennense
cayenne tick transmits
spotted fever, leptospirosis
yellow dog tick
Haemaphysalis leachi leachi
Haemaphysalis leachi leachi transmits
B. canis, Rickettsia conorii, Coxiella burnetii
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata transmits
Babesia bigemina, B. motasi, A. marginale, and cause of paralysis in cattle and sheep
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris transmits
Coxiella burnetii, Rocky mountain spotted fever and tularensis
Genus Dermacentor specie that is one host tick
Dermacentor nitens
Characterized by the presence of white spot on the scutum of the female
Amblyomma americanum
Dermacentor reticulatus common name
ornate cow tick
american dog tick
Dermacentor variabilis
tropical horse tick
Dermacentor nitens
causative agent of rocky mountain fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
vector of equine piroplasmosis
Dermacentor nitens
causative agent of Q fever
coxiella burnetii
causes american tick paralysis
Dermacentor andersoni
rocky mountain wood tick
Dermacentor andersoni ( D. venustus)
Dermacentor andersoni transmits these diseases
Leptospirosis, RMF, Anaplasmosis, Canine babesiosis, Q fever
common name of R. sanguineus
brown dog tick or kernel tick
R. sanguineus trasmits these protozoa
Babesia canis, B. equi, B. caballi, Hepatozoon canis, Rickettsia canis, R. conori, R. rickettsii, Ehrlichia canis
R. bursa transmits these protozoa
Babesia ovis, B. equi, B. caballi, Theileria ovis, Anaplasma marginale, Coxiella burnetii