These results reveal that numerous tick species parasitize common, peridomestic wildlife and that at least two zoonotic, tick-borne pathogens circulate in southern Ontario. Host-tick vector-pathogen dynamics should continue to be monitored in the face of global climate change, landscape alterations ...
This awareness is particularly important in hot spots with established populations ofIxodestick species (commonly referred to as deer ticks), which carry the pathogens. Cases tend to be concentrated in pockets of southern Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. Leaving aside Lyme disease, "anaplasmosis ...
Ticks are unlikely to leave the host once they have procured a host for feeding, and the one-host nature of this tick species keeps it associated with the host (Sonenshine, 1991). The hide samples were taken on the day that the moose was shot. Hunters brought the moose to harvest check...
especially in the northern Hemisphere [1,2]. Amongst the manyBabesiaspecies that infect animals,Babesia bovisandBabesia bigeminaare notable for the significant economic losses they cause in the cattle industry worldwide [3], and severalBabesiaspecies (i.e.Babesia canis,Babesia rossi,Babesia vogeli,B...
Online tools such as eTick can help identify different tick species and high-risk areas. If you have been bitten, it's important to keep an eye out for the sudden onset of flu-like symptoms, Coatsworth said. "If you know you've been bitten by a tick, and then y...
16.1 dog tick) Ixodes ricinus Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) Ixodes species US location (predominant) Most prevalent in southeastern and south Central United States Northeastern and upper Midwestern states; some presence in Pacific Northwest Southeastern United States, also Midwest and New ...
More than 40 species can cause paralysis in both animals and humans, including Dermacentor variabilis, the most common species responsible for tick paralysis in the southeastern United States. Tick paralysis is most common from March through July, when ticks are most active, and should be considered...
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, has two common names because there is disagreement among entomologists that it is a single species. The range of I. scapularis extends from Florida and Texas in the South to Maine and Wisconsin in the North, but there are both genetic and behavioral ...
A biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters said the changing climate and an increase in the tick population is also a growing concern for some wildlife in the Thunder Bay area. The tick-borne disease impact on wildlife is low, but ...
Quebec and NovaScotiain Canada, as well as Massachusetts, New York State and Pennsylvania in the USA. All of these cases occurred between May and October. Principal tick vector species in Ontario areIxodescookei, which feeds ongroundhogs, andI. marxi, which feeds ontreesquirrels; both of these...