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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Acarina (ticks and mites)

Ticks

• Life cycle stages of Argasidae (Soft Ticks)

• Egg, larva, two or more nymphs, adult

• Life cycle stages of Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)

• Egg, larva, nymph, adult

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• Rhipicephalus: (Brown Dog tick) transmit Babesia bovis, B. bigemina)

in cattle.

• Mouthparts short

• Basis Capitulum Hexagonal basis capitulum

• Festoons Present

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• Boophilus: one-host ticks (Cattle Fever tick) transmit Babesia

bigemina, Anaplasma marginale in cattle.
• Mouthparts short

• Basis Capitulum Hexagonal basis capitulum

• Festoons Absent

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• Hyalomma: transmit Theileria

• Mouthparts long

• Basis Capitulum Triangular basis capitulum

• Festoons Present

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• Argas spp. soft tick (Fowl tick)

• Hosts: infect Chicken, turkey and wild birds.

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Tick borne disease

A. Tick borne bacterial infections: ixodid and argasid ticks serve as vectors of
several pathogenic bacteria

1.Relapsing fever (recurrent fever) caused by Borrelia duttoni.

2.Tularemia: it is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Francisella tularensis.

B. Tick borne parasitic(protozoa) infections:

1. Babesiosis (Texas cattle fever)

2. Theileriosis (east coast fever)

Mites
Mite-Borne disease

1. Mange and Scabies

2. Scrub typhus: transmit to human.
3. Rickettsialpox: mite vector in house mice, rats which transmit to human.

female of sarcoptes Male of psoroptes

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