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Revision as of 23:20, 8 July 2010
Many of the hard tick species that infect animals in the UK are also present in other parts of Europe and the rest of the world information on these can be found here.
Ixodes spp.
Rhipicephalus spp.
- Warmer climates
- Causes paralysis in livestock
- Vectors for diseases such as
- Theileria parva which causes East Coast Fever
- Babesia bigemina which affects ruminants, mainly in Africa
- Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis which affects dogs in warmer climates worldwide
Boophilus spp.
- Warmer climates
- Vector for Babesia spp.
- Vectors for the bacteria Anaplasma which affects cattle
Amblyomma spp.
- Warmer climates
- Transmits Cowdria ruminatium (heartwater) in Africa
- Transmits 'Q fever' and 'Rocky Mountain spotted fever' in southern USA
Hyalomma spp.
- Warmer climates
- Old World
- Parasites a wide range of both domestic and wild animals
- Involved in the spread of Theileria and Babesia spp.
- E.g. H. aegyptium is a parasite of tortoises in North Africa which has been spread around the world by the pet trade