Also known as the Blue cattle tick, Texas cattle fever tick, cattle fever tick
Hosts
Cattle, horse, sheep, dog
Distribution
Central and southern regions of the Mediterranean
Pathogenesis
Cattle: Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Anaplasma marginale
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)