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Hylodesmum nudiflorum (syn. Desmodium nudiflorum), the naked-flowered tick trefoil, panicled leaf tick trefoil or stemless tick trefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern North America.
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis .
Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus may transmit the pathogenic bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi [3] responsible for causing Lyme disease.
Ticks are parasitic bloodsuckers, capable of spreading deadly disease, and they’re becoming increasingly common. Here’s what you need to know about them.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to tick prevention, removal, and follow-up care, according to experts. How to prevent a tick bite Prevention is always the best medicine.
The hedgehog tick is dark brown in color, but appears light grey or white when engorged. It can be identified by the humped tarsae of its first pair of legs. The adult female has a characteristic heart- or hexagon-shaped scutum; the male's scutum covers the entire body segment (idiosoma), as is typical for hard ticks. A lateral groove runs ...
Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness, is shaping up to be the new Lyme disease. Learn more about the disease and why it has doctors perplexed.
Colour and markings change markedly as engorgement progresses. It is the third tick, the moderately engorged adult female (width, at level of the spiracles, more than 4 mm) which is most commonly removed from dogs with tick envenomation. If a fully engorged tick is found on a dog, it suggests that the dog has a certain degree of immunity.