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Identify this Tick. (Common and Genus)
Amblyomma Americanum
Lone Star Tick
Does Amblyomma Americanum ornate or in ornate scutum?
Ornate
Identify this Tick. (Common & Genus)
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?
Brace tick on body surface
“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)