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Black Legged Deer Tick

This is the most common vector for Lyme disease in North America. The adults are cool weather ticks, appearing in spring and fall but usually remaining on the host throughout the winter. Larvae and nymphs are abundant in the summer and feed on small mammals and lizards. The life cycle is typically 2 years.

American Dog Tick

The adults of this tick are common on a variety of hosts but dogs appear to be the most common host. It is widely distributed over the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Adult tick activity begins in mid-April and peaks by June, declining until September. In southern states, all stages may be found on the host throughout the year. It is a common vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, anaplasmosis, feline cytauxzoonosis and tick paralysis in the eastern United States.

Lone Star Tick

This is an extremely common tick in most southeastern states. It is primarily a problem as a pest but it is involved in the transmission of canine ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Q fever and cervid theileriosis. Adult females are easily recognized by having long mouth parts and a white spot on the dorsal scutum.

Ticks are of medical importance because they can be an annoyance, they can cause harm due to their blood feeding activities and because they can transmit many pathogenic organisms. Many diseases of importance to both human and veterinary medicine are transmitted by ticks. Included in these are:

Tick-transmitted diseases of humans.

Babesiosis

Colorado tick fever

Ehrlichiosis (HME & HGE)

Relapsing fever

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Tularemia

Lyme disease

Tick -transmitted diseases of animals.

Anaplasmosis : cattle and sheep, deer.

Babesiosis: dogs, cattle, horses, deer.

Ehrlichiosis: dogs, deer.

Haemobartonellosis: dogs and cats

Rocky Mountain spotted fever: dogs

Lyme disease: dogs, cattle, horses, small mammals

Theileriosis: white-tailed deer

Hepatozoonosis: dogs, cats and small mammals.

Cytauxzoonosis: cats

Chemical control is necessary to halt cyclic reinfestation. This involves spraying the home interior and yard with an approved insecticide, and dipping dogs or bathing them with an insecticidal soap. This procedure may have to be repeated if the problem has been neglected for an extended period. The services of a professional pest control operator may be contracted to power spray extensive outside areas that cannot be treated effectively with a hand sprayer.

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