Seventy species of ticks are known from Australia: 14 soft ticks (family Argasidae) and 56
hard ticks (family Ixodidae). Sixteen of the 70 ticks in Australia may feed on humans and …

In recent years there has been much progress in our understanding of the phylogeny and
evolution of ticks, in particular the hard ticks (Ixodidae). Indeed, a consensus about the …

INTRODUCTION same 800 species of ticks, in three families, exist throughout the world.
Twenty-three species from two families are found in the British Isles, the majority of which …

Dr RH Wharton (CSIRO)(Chairman) opened the meeting. He stated that 1. holocyclus was
Australia's most significant indigenous arthropod affecting man and animals. In recent years …

Abstract The book Australian Ticks by FHS Roberts (1970) is a land-mark in Australian tick
biology. But it is time for a new and improved book on the ticks of Australia. The present …

During the first third of this century, GHF Nuttall in the United Kingdom amassed what, at that
time, was the world's largest collection of ixodoid ticks. He kept detailed records of all …

Objective To describe the actual and potential geographic distributions of Ixodes cornuatus
and I holocyclus in south‐eastern Australia. Procedure Examination of ticks from museum …

The present work is an update and a substantial expansion of Barker & Walker (2014).
Barker & Walker (2014) dealt with 16 species of particular importance to domestic animals …

Tick paralysis is a worldwide and sometimes fatal syndrome of many vertebrate hosts
including man and his domestic animals, livestock and poultry. It is known to be caused by …

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 …