Manual on Livestock Ticks for Animal Disease Eradication Division Personnel

ADULTS Eggs deposited albipictus Amblyomma americanum Amblyomma cajennense anaplasmosis andersoni animals Argas Argasidae attach basis capituli body bovine anaplasmosis capitulum cattle fever tick chelicerae Chitinized coxa CYCLE SUMMARY LARVAE Days Days Days Days Days Number Days Number Number deer denticles deposited Longevity Engorge disease Dorsal drop ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE Eggs deposited Longevity engorged female Engorgement Molting eradication feed fowl tick genus goat Haemaphysalis hard ticks hatch hypostome Incubation of eggs infected integument Ixodes Ixodidae larvae Larvae and nymphs LARVAE NYMPHS Longevity legs male mate ment position Max Mexico Mountain spotted fever mule nigrolineatus nitens Number Number Days Number Number Number nymph nymphal stages NYMPHS Longevity unfed Ornithodoros Oviposition Oviposition Incubation palpi parasites piroplasmosis posterior Preovi Q fever rabbit red tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus rickettsia Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain spotted screwworm scutum segment sheep soft ticks spinose ear tick Spiracular Plate SUMMARY LARVAE NYMPHS three-host tick Tick HABITAT tick paralysis transmitted tularemia vector ventral