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Also known as the Sheep tick/ Castor bean tick/ Forest tick/ Deer tick
Hosts
Sheep, cattle, dog, human
Distribution
All temperate areas of Europe
Ixodes ricinus is found mainly in area of rough grazing, moorland, woodland and areas where wild deer and rabbit are in abundance.
Pathogenesis
Cattle: Babesia divergens, Babesia bovis, Anaplasma marginale
Sheep: Louping-ill virus, Rickettsia, pyaemia in lambs
Human: Lyme borreliosis
Other pathogens and diseases associated with I. ricinus include:
Tick paralysis
Tick borne encephalitis (TBE)
Russian spring-summer encephalitis
Coxiella burnetii
Bukhovinian haemorrhagic fever
Description
Adult female dorsal features
Adult female dorsal view and adult female close up of gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult female ventral features
Adult female ventral view and adult female close up of coxae/ventral gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male dorsal features
Adult male dorsal view and adult male close up of gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male ventral features
Adult male ventral view and adult male close up of coxae/ventral gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)