Evaluation of Five Popular Methods for Tick Removal

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 997-1002
Author(s):  
Glen R. Needham
Keyword(s):  
Isopropyl Alcohol ◽  
Domestic Animal ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum ◽  
Petroleum Jelly ◽  
American Dog Tick ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Dog Tick

Five methods commonly advocated for tick removal from a human or domestic animal were evaluated. The application of petroleum jelly, fingernail polish, 70% isopropyl alcohol, or a hot kitchen match failed to induce detachment of adult American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis Say) attached for either 12 to 15 hours or three to four days. Use of forceps or protected fingers enabled satisfactory removal of 29 adult American dog ticks without leaving the mouthparts or attachment cement in the host skin. Four different methods were used to pull lone star ticks [Amblyomma americanum (L)] off the host using forceps (twisting, pulling steadily or jerking straight up, or pulling parallel with the skin). None of the mouthparts broke off, but, contrary to the American dog tick, the cement remained in the skin for all 22 of the Lone Star ticks. It is recommended that the tick be grasped as close to the skin as possible with curved forceps; if these are not available, use tweezers or protected fingers. Pull straight up with steady even pressure. If cement or mouthparts remain, then extract if that is practical. Disinfect bite site before and after tick removal.

Synganglion transcriptome and developmental global gene expression in adult females of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. W. Bissinger ◽  
K. V. Donohue ◽  
S. M. S. Khalil ◽  
C. M. Grozinger ◽  
D. E. Sonenshine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
American Dog Tick ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Dog Tick

Ecology of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say), in Nova Scotia

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G. Dodds ◽  
Arthur M. Martell ◽  
Richard E. Yescott
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Deer Mouse ◽  
Black Bear ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Meadow Vole ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Erethizon Dorsatum ◽  
American Dog Tick ◽  
Dog Tick ◽  
Small Mammal Species

The American dog tick has been extending its range in western Nova Scotia since about 1940. The presence of a number of suitable hosts, a temperate, moist climate, and logging operations producing an interspersion of choice vegetative conditions allow relatively high densities and a continuous spread. Seven small mammal species act as hosts. The most important hosts of immature stages are meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi), and meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius). Important hosts for adult stages are porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), raccoon (Procyon lotor), and black bear (Ursus americanus).

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Domestic Dogs in Southeastern Georgia

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan B. Wells ◽  
Lance A. Durden ◽  
John H. Smoyer
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Rhipicephalus Sanguineus ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum ◽  
Domestic Dogs ◽  
Gopher Tortoise ◽  
Gulf Coast Tick ◽  
Dog Tick ◽  
Ixodes Affinis

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) were collected from family-owned domestic dogs, Canis familiaris L., in Bulloch Co., GA, from 1996 to 2003 and from dogs maintained in a shelter in Emanuel Co., GA, in 2002 and 2003. A total of 2,466 ticks representing 9 species was recovered. The most frequently recovered species from family-owned dogs were the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (54.6% of all ticks from this group of dogs), and American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (27.7%). Collections from shelter-maintained dogs were dominated by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) (73.6%). Except for 39 nymphs of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), 12 nymphs of R. sanguineus, 7 nymphs of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1 nymph of D. variabilis and 72 larvae of the gopher tortoise tick, Amblyomma tuberculatum Marx, only adult ticks were present. Seasonally, I. scapularis adults were recorded from October through May and were most common in the fall; whereas, A. americanum, A. maculatum, A. tuberculatum, D. variabilis, and Ixodes affinis Neumann were all found only during the spring, summer and/or early fall. Two species of ticks collected during this study, A. tuberculatum and I. affinis, have Coastal Plain distributions in the southern U.S. and would only be expected to parasitize dogs within this region.

Feeding and respiratory gas exchange in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis

1999 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura J. Fielden ◽  
Robert M. Jones ◽  
Martin Goldberg ◽  
Yigal Rechav
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Respiratory Gas Exchange ◽  
American Dog Tick ◽  
Dog Tick

Nitric Oxide Synthase and cGMP Activity in the Salivary Glands of the American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

2000 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumoulindra T Bhattacharya ◽  
Nabil Bayakly ◽  
Roger Lloyd ◽  
Michael T Benson ◽  
James Davenport ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Salivary Glands ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
American Dog Tick ◽  
Dog Tick ◽  
Oxide Synthase
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