Ticks & tick-Borne Disease Identification

Identify this Tick. (Common and Genus)

Amblyomma Americanum

• Lone Star Tick

Does Amblyomma Americanum ornate or in ornate scutum?

Ornate

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Dermacentor Variabilis

• Rocky Mountain Wood Tick

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Ixodes Dammini

• Deer Tick

Identify this Tick. (Genus)

Dermacenter Andersoni

What diseases does Ixodes Scapularis cause?

B. Burgdofori (Lyme)

What does Amblyomma Americanum cause?

Tick Paralysis

What does Dermacenter andersoni and variables cause?

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)

What does Rhicephalus Sanguines cause?

RMSF and Ehrlicia

What is the difference between Ioxid ticks and Argsid ticks?

Ioxid = exoskeleton of chitin

Argsid = soft body

What is the function of the palms and pedipalps?

1. Brace tick on body surface

   1. “Questing” (finding a host)

What is the chelicera used for?

“Mouthparts”

• Bites skin and attaches to body

What is the capitulum?

Head

How do you diagnose Tick Borne Diseases?

Peripheral Blood Smear

What kind of disease is Lyme?

Bacterial Spirochete

What kind of disease is anaplasmosis?

Intracellular protozoan parasite

What kind of disease is Babesia?

Intracellular protozoan parasite

What are the inclusions called for Babesia?

Piroplasms

What kind of disease is Ehrlicia?

Intracellular Inclusions in Monocytes/Macrophages

Identify this rickesettial pathogen.

Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme)

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Babesia

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Anaplasma

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Ehrlicia

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Identify this rickesettial pathogen.

Cytauzoon Felis

Which rickesettial pathogen is the only one that does not show up on a peripheral blood smear? How do you diagnose it?

RMSF, Diagnosed via histopathology

Identify this Tick (genus & Common)

Rhicephlus Sanguines (Brown Dog Tick)