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2. 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.

3. 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 ...

4. Ticks of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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   Haemaphysalis (Ha. leachii, the yellow dog tick of the tropics). Dermacentor (Dermacentor andersoni, the Rocky Mountain wood tick; Dermacentor variabilis, the American dog tick; D. reticulatus, the ornate dog tick of Europe). D. nitens, the tropical horse tick of the Americas, has a one-host lifecycle similar to the boophilids.

5. Ehrlichiosis (canine) - Wikipedia

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   Ehrlichiosis (/ ˌ ɛər l ɪ k i ˈ oʊ s ɪ s /; also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, and tropical canine pancytopenia) is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the rickettsial agent Ehrlichia canis. Ehrlichia canis is the pathogen of animals.

6. How do you remove a tick? Here's your answer - AOL

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   Instead, the CDC says to get a pair of pointy tweezers, grab onto the tick and pull straight up and steady. And then flush it right down the toilet. And then flush it right down the toilet.

7. List of dog diseases - Wikipedia

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   Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by Ehrlichia canis and spread by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Signs include fever, vasculitis, and low blood counts. [6] Rocky Mountain spotted fever* is a rickettsial disease that occurs in dogs and humans. It is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and spread by ticks of the genus Dermacentor.