In the Australian small animal veterinary context, the paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus and the
brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus are the most significant ticks of medical and …

Ticks are vectors of pathogens affecting companion animals and can cause tick paralysis,
anaemia, dermatitis, and secondary infections. In Australia, there is currently only one …

Globally, ticks are well known vectors of a number of pathogens, including members of the
genera Anaplasma, Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Babesia, and Theileria, which are associated with a …

Ticks (Ixodida) represent one of the most important vector groups affecting human and
animal health, and in recent years there have been increasing concerns regarding the …

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens pose a significant threat to the health and welfare of humans
and animals. Our knowledge about pathogens carried by ticks of Australian wildlife is …

Background Ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting companion
animals, and also cause health problems such as tick paralysis, anaemia, dermatitis, and …

Background Recent changes in the distribution of tick vectors and the incidence of tick-borne
disease, driven variously by factors such as climate change, habitat modification, increasing …

At least 71 species of ticks occur in Australia; a further 33 or so species are endemic to its
neighbours, New Guinea and New Zealand. The ticks of Australia and other parts of …

Introduced wildlife may be important alternative hosts for generalist ticks that cause health
issues for humans and companion animals in urban areas, but to date are rarely considered …

Advances in sequencing technologies have revealed the complex and diverse microbial
communities present in ticks (Ixodida). As obligate blood-feeding arthropods, ticks are …