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Argas persicus, also known as fowl tick or poultry tick, is a small soft-bodied tick that is found primarily on domestic fowl such as chickens, ducks, and geese. It was first recorded by Lorenz Oken in 1818 in Mianeh, Persia, [1] [2] and named Rhynochoprion persicum. Argas persicus appears yellowish-brown when starved and slatey-blue when ...
Argas persicus, the fowl tick, is a major pest of poultry birds. The tampan ticks within the Ornithodoros moubata complex of species infest domestic pigs and also feed on humans. Ornithodoros savignyi is often found in large numbers at enclosures where camels and cattle are herded. Many species of argasid soft ticks are adapted to live in the ...
The life cycle of a two-host tick often spans two years. [2] During fall the pregnant female tick will drop off her second host and lay her eggs. The eggs hatch during winter, the following spring the larvae emerge and attach to their first host. Newly hatched larvae attach to a host in order to obtain a blood meal.
Argas abdussalami Hoogstraal & McCarthy, 1965; Argas acinus Whittick, 1938; Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, Kaiser, Walker, Ledger, Converse & Rice, 1975; Argas ...
The currently accepted genera are Antricola, Argas, Nothoaspis, Ornithodoros, and Otobius. [1] The Argasidae are very common in South Asia, along with 96 other species of ticks, making South Asia the region with the highest biodiversity of ticks worldwide. [2] Soft ticks are resistant to desiccation and can live for several years in arid ...
Ticks are small arachnids in the order Parasitiformes. [1] [2] [3] Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acari.Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians.
Dermanyssus gallinae (also known as the red mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry.It has been implicated as a vector of several major pathogenic diseases. [1] [2] Despite its common names, it has a wide range of hosts including several species of wild birds and mammals, including humans, where the condition it causes is called gamasoidosis.
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