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Other Tick
Other Ticks:
Is the Lone Star Tick and is found
throughout the South, east of the Rocky Mountains.
Amblyomma maculatum is the Gulf Coast Tick, and that is
where it resides.
Dermacentor albipictus is also called the "Winter
tick" , "Moose Tick" or "Elk Tick" and is found in
the northern and western United States as well as Canada.
Dermacentor andersoni is the Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever Tick and transmits the deadly disease for which it is named.
Dermacentor variabilis is one of the most famous of all.
Its name is also the American dog tick and lives in the entire eastern 2/3 of
the United States.
Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the king of ticks. It is
called the Brown Dog Tick and is a serious threat to kennels anywhere in the
United States.
Ixodes scapularis is a tiny little tick with a huge
threat. It is also known as the deer or black-legged tick. It has one claim to
fame and that is it transmits Lyme disease.
Lone Star Tick
See also
Piroplasmosis, See also
Ehrlichiosis Ticks
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