Is your pet protected against the Lone Star Tick?

Is your pet protected against the Lone Star Tick? 
Find out what makes the Lone Star tick different from other tick species.

One female Lone Star tick can lay approximately 5 thousand eggs in their lifetime. Help stop the spread of the Lone Star tick and the many diseases it carries. Talk to your veterinarian today.

Lone Star tick

Amblyomma americanum, also known as the Lone Star Tick, the Northeastern Water Tick, or the Turkey Tick, is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly goes unnoticed, remaining attached to its host for as long as seven days until it is fully engorged with blood.

It lives in wooded areas, particularly in second-growth forests with thick underbrush, where white-tailed deer (the primary host of mature ticks) reside. Lone star ticks can also be found in ecotonal areas (transition zones between different biomes) such as those between forest and grassland ecosystems. The lone star tick utilizes thick underbrush or high grass to attach to its host by way of questing. 

 Identifying features:

• Long mouth parts

• Ornate scutum:

- Females - distinctive white spot

- Males - white along outer edges

Habitat:

• Woodlands with thick undergrowth

• Aggressive hunters and feeders

• Dispersal into Canada due to migratory 
  birds and wildlife

Canine pathogens transmitted:*

• Ehrlichiosis (E. ewingii and E. chaffeensis)

• Rickettsiosis

Human pathogens transmitted:

• Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)

• Human monocytic ehrlichiosis

• Tularemia (also a feline pathogen)

Other disease:

• Alpha-gal allergy: red meat allergy (in humans)

• Cytauxzoonosis in cats

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