Even though there are more than 15 types of ticks, these are the ones that are most commonly seen in our surrounding area. Identifying a tick is very important in order to determine which diseases it may have transmitted to your pet, diagnosis, and treatment.
If you find a tick on your pet promptly remove it with a Tick Twister, place it in a jar, and bring it to your vet for identification.
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
Transmissible Diseases
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Tularemia
Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
Transmissible Diseases
- Pathogen causing Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- “Stari” borreliosis
Deer or Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Transmissible Diseases
- Lyme disease
- Babeiosis
- Anaplasmosis
Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
Transmissible Diseases
- Ehrlichiosis
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia
- Babesiosis
Source: TickEncounter Resource Center.
Written by North Hill Animal Hospital
