Tick Classification and Morphology

<p>Brown dog tick (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Only the cranial portion of females (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Several thousand (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypostome (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cuboidal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It develops eight legs. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two hosts. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vomiting. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Babesiosis. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enlarged lymph nodes. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stay out of tick-infested areas. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recurrent lameness. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protozoal. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fever. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dermacentor variabilis. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abnormal bleeding. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anorexia. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Months or years. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ticks belong to the Animalia kingdom, Arthropoda phylum, Arachnid class, and Acarina order. They are further categorized into Ixodida (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks) families.

Ticks have two main body parts: the capitulum (with mouthparts) and the idiosoma (containing internal organs).

Tick mouthparts include two palps, two chelicerae, and one hypostome for penetrating the host skin and feeding.

All ticks go through four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult.

Female ticks lay thousands of eggs, commonly in soil, and occasionally inside.

Ticks feed on blood meals, which are especially necessary for female egg production

Nonengorged ticks can be teardrop, oval, or rounded in shape.

The scutum is a dorsal plate or shield that covers part of the tick's body. Females have one on the head portion of the body of hard ticks; males have the full scutum.

Ticks may have 1, 2, or 3 hosts depending on the species.

Ticks that stay on the same host for their entire life cycle. Only the adult leaves to lay eggs

Ticks that feed on one host as larva and nymph; then move to a second host as adults, reproduce, and die.

Ticks that feed on three different hosts during different life cycle stages.

Neurological disorder caused by tick saliva toxins.

Bacterial disease transmitted by ticks, characterized by fever and skin rash.

Bacterial disease transmitted by deer ticks, causing recurrent lameness in dogs.

Protozoal disease transmitted by ticks, severe in dogs with chronic symptoms

Protozoal disease transmitted by ticks, affecting red blood cells.

Bacterial infection transmitted by ticks impacting red blood cells causing fever and weakness.

Infectious diseases transmitted by bites of ticks.

Procedure for safely removing ticks from pets and humans.

Methods to reduce tick exposure and prevent tick bites.