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| ||<big>Soft ticks feed <font color="white">'''''little and often'''''</font> and on <font color="white">'''''many hosts'''''</font>. Hard ticks take <font color="white">'''''one'''''</font> blood meal at each <font color="white">'''''life cycle stage'''''</font> and can feed on <font color="white">'''''one, two or three different hosts'''''</font> during their life cycle. | | ||<big>Soft ticks feed <font color="white">'''''little and often'''''</font> and on <font color="white">'''''many hosts'''''</font>. Hard ticks take <font color="white">'''''one'''''</font> blood meal at each <font color="white">'''''life cycle stage'''''</font> and can feed on <font color="white">'''''one, two or three different hosts'''''</font> during their life cycle. |
| ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg ''''' |
| + | *'''''Babesia''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What is trans-stadial transmission?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Parasite or microbial organism is ingested during feeding''''' |
| + | *'''''Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)''''' |
| + | *'''''It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Ixodes species'''' |
| + | *'''''3 host tick''''' |
| + | *'''''Transmits Lyme Disease''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Ixodes species'''' |
| + | *'''''3 host tick''''' |
| + | *'''''Transmits Lyme Disease''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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