This week's case was donated by Seanne Buckwalter, and her golden doodle, Ruby. Ruby acquired this interloper from Seanne's back yard in southeastern Minnesota. Identification? And do you think the geographic location fits with the identification? Finally, what pathogens does this arthropod transmit?
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LONE STAR TICK Amblyomma americanum - meat allergy tick..
Given the position of the capitulum, we can immediately argue this is a hard tick (family Ixodidae). Even though we don't have a ventral picture, the number of legs, the quite long mouthparths and, more importantly, the white spot on the scutum allow us to diagnose an adult female of Amblyomma americanum, even though Minnesota isn't the expected geographic location. This may possibly reflect the tremendous effects of climate change...
Amblyomma americanum doens't trasmit Lyme disease; nevertheless it can transmit infections sustained by Ehrlichia, Francisella and Rickettsia species.
Á stated by The Oracle, we don’t have a ventral view and the magnification is small, we have an Amblyoma americanum.
Between the 1980's to the early 2000's our lab identified a handful of A. americanum from southern Minnesota. We did not feel Minnesota was within its normal range.
The former eye banker in me wants to exam the anterior and posterior chambers..There's plenty of light contamination yet there also appears to be a foreign body in the AC but I divert back..The Lone Star tick is disregarding any travel bans singing I'm moving out...you oughta know by now..don't have a heart attackackackack...nor enjoy meat..vacca
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