by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Cheyletiellablakei Smiley, 1970 (Figures 5-20 through 5-21) ETYMOLOGY:Cheyle = lips and tiella, a diminuitive meaning that this is smaller than tia or tea; along with blakei for Dr. D.F. Blake, Department of Biology, Walla Walla College, Washington. SYNONYMS:...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
PROSTIGMATA There are over 10,000 described species of prostigmatid mites, but very few are actually known to cause disease. These mites are divided into 120 families, but only membes of 16 of these families are reported as having caused disease in mammals...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer, 1778) (Figure 5-19) ETYMOLOGY:Derma = skin and nyssus = to prick; along with gallinae for the chicken host SYNONYMS: HISTORY:Dermanyssus gallinae, which primarily affects avians, was first described by DeGeer in 1778....
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
MESOSTIGMATA Mesostigmatid mites are characterized by appearing as small tick-like arachnids. They differ from ticks in that the stigmata are located between the third and fourth pairs of legs, and each stigma is associated with an anteriorly directed...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Tick Paralysis HISTORY: Tick paralysis is a well-known paralytic syndrome that occurs in many vertebrate hosts throughout the world and may be induced by at least 46 species of ticks (Stone, 1988). In North America, cats appear to be resistant to tick paralysis, and...
