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2. How to Remove a Tick Head From Your Skin—the Right Way - AOL

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   Spread your dog’s fur, and grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible using fine-point tweezers or tick-removal hook. Very gently, pull straight upward, in a slow, steady motion. Dispose of ...

3. Rhipicephalus sanguineus - Wikipedia

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   This species is unusual among ticks in that its entire lifecycle can be completed indoors. [2] The brown dog tick is easily recognized by its reddish-brown color, elongated body shape, and hexagonal basis capituli (flat surface where mouthparts are attached). Adults are 2.28 to 3.18 mm in length and 1.11 to 1.68 mm in width.

4. Mom shares terrifying photos to warn other parents about ...

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   The CDC warns against twisting or jerking the tick, as this can cause the mouth and head of the insect to break off and remain embedded in the skin. Once the tick has been successfully removed, it ...

5. Tick paralysis - Wikipedia

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   Tick paralysis is believed to be due to toxins found in the tick's saliva that enter the bloodstream while the tick is feeding. The two ticks most commonly associated with North American tick paralysis are the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis); however, 43 tick species have been implicated in human disease around the world. [1]

6. Dermacentor variabilis - Wikipedia

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   Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (Francisella tularensis). It is one of the best-known hard ticks. Diseases are spread when it sucks blood from the host.

7. Veterinarian posts photo of ladybugs in dog's mouth to warn ...

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   Pet owners are being warned about an unlikely danger to their dogs—lady bugs. ... a disturbing photo showing a number of the tiny black-spotted insects attached to the roof of a dog's mouth. ...

8. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia

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   The second is that the method may leave the 'head' (the tick's mouthparts) embedded in the skin. The tick's salivary glands and gut contents are together the main source of the noxious substances, and these are located in the main body of the tick.

9. Hypostome (tick) - Wikipedia

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   Barbed hypostome (center) of Ixodes holocyclus flanked by paired palps.. The hypostome (also called the maxilla, radula, or labium) is a calcified harpoon-like structure near the mouth area of certain parasitic arthropods including ticks, that allows them to anchor themselves firmly in place on a host vertebrate while sucking blood.