Soft ticks

Soft Ticks

1. Soft Ticks Adnan Shahid Roll no. 50 Submitted to: Sir Asif Iqba l

2. Ticks Ticks  are small  arachnids  in the  order   Parasitiformes .  Along with  mites . Ticks are  ectoparasites  (external  parasites ), living by  hematophagy  on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. Ticks are  vectors  of a number of diseases, including  Lyme disease ,  Q fever  (rare; more commonly transmitted by infected excreta ),   Colorado tick fever ,  Rocky Mountain spotted fever ,  African tick bite fever ,  Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever ,  tularemia , tick-borne  relapsing fever ,  babesiosis ,  as well as bovine  anaplasmosis  and probably the  Heartland virus .  Some species the  Australian paralysis tick ,  and can cause  paralysis .

3. Soft Tick

4. Life Cycle

5. Argas persicus Argas persicus  (dorsal) Argas persicus  (ventral)

6. Alectrobius capensis Alectrobius capensis  (dorsal) Alectrobius capensis  (ventral)

7. Alectrobius capensis   Alectrobius capensis  (dorsal) Alectrobius capensis  (ventral)

8. Ornithodoros sp. Ornithodoros sp.  (dorsal) Ornithodoros sp.  (ventral)

9. Otobius megnini Otobius megnini  (dorsal) Otobius megnini  (ventral)