Ticks parasitizing gallinaceous birds in Canada and first record of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) from California Quail

Author:

Scott, JD, Anderson, JF, Durden, LA, Smith, ML, Manord, JM, and Clark, KL

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-01

Journal/Series title:

Systematic & Applied Acarology

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URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.1.1

Abstract:

In this study, we collected the avian coastal tick, Ixodes auritulus Neumann, the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls, and Ixodes spinipalpis Hadwen & Nuttall, from gallinaceous birds on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.