Tick bites are common, and with the rising incidences of Lyme disease, engorged ticks are a concern. However, not all ticks ...

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineous) is also three-host tick, dropping from the host after each blood meal. However, brown dog tick only develops only on dogs, reinfesting an animal at ...

Brown Dog Tick. Credit: ... Every stage of its life—larva, nymph, and adult—can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The bite looks like it came from a spider or another insect, ...

A long-acting flea and tick treatment from Merck Animal Health has earned approval for dogs at least six months old from the ...

Some tick species, like the brown dog tick, like to stay on the same host for all life stages. Blacklegged ticks can feed off mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians but needs a new host at every ...

After a tick egg hatches, it goes through three life stages: larva, nymph and adult. Both male and female ticks feed on blood by inserting their barbed, straw-like mouthparts into the skin of ...

Besides the black-legged tick, other tick species in Indiana include: Lone star tick, American dog tick (a.k.a. Wood tick), Brown dog tick, Asian longhorned tick, and the Gulf Coast tick. Certain ...

Dogs that have been outside are susceptible to ticks. Here are the top spots to check your pup for ticks when coming indoors - and how to remove them.

Some tick species, like the brown dog tick, like to stay on the same host for all life stages. Blacklegged ticks can feed off mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians but needs a new host at every ...

A University of Arizona researcher is part of an effort to identify the diseases carried by ticks, and she's asking people to send her samples.

Ticks are already prevalent in the woods in Lorain County. However, health officials now report that another species of tick has migrated to the area, bringing the threat of Lyme disease with it.