• Introduction
• Importance
• Disease transmission
  • Introduction
  • Transovarial transmission
  • Transstadial transmission
  • Intrastadial transmission
  • Transmission by co-feeding
  • Mechanical transmission
  • Transmission by coxal fluid
  • Transmission by ingestion
  • Venereal transmission
• Ticks of veterinary importance
  • Introduction
  • Amblyomma spp
  • Hyalomma spp
  • Ixodes spp
  • Rhipicephalus spp
  • Ornithodoros spp
• References

Ticks of veterinary importance

Introduction

Below is a selection of tick species of the genera Amblyomma, Hyalomma, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus and Ornithodoros that are of veterinary and human importance. Their distribution, host preference and predilection site, biology and importance are given.