Hard Ticks - Overseas

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