 Image Number D2312-1 |
Dermacentor variabilis tick on a horse. This tick species was implicated in the transmission of equine piroplasmosis in 2009 in Texas along with Amblyomma cajennense ticks (cayenne ticks).
Photo by Peggy Greb.
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