Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago an Overview 1st Edition by Asoka Kumar Basu, Roxanne Charles ISBN 9780128097519

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 ISBN 13: 9780128097519 
Author: Asoka Kumar Basu, Roxanne Charles

Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago: An Overview explores tick species prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), their distribution, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods. The book also reviews the basic biology of ticks.

Ticks are known to parasitize a wide range of hosts including mammals, reptiles and birds. These parasites are of veterinary and public health significance since they are responsible for the spread of a number of pathogens to humans and animals. Worldwide, ticks are responsible for billions of dollars in losses in the livestock industry annually due to the effects of these pathogens.

Based on review of the literature from more than five decades, twenty-three species of both hard and soft tick have been discovered on the twin-island republic with a greater number of species in Trinidad. Tick genera observed and recorded included Argas, Ornithodoros, Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus species.

The tick species found in Trinidad and Tobago parasitize both wild and domestic species. Hosts include bats, fowl, equids, wild and domestic ruminants, birds, rodents, marsupials, and a variety of reptiles such as toads, tortoises, and snakes. Based on geographical location, most tick species discovered in T&T have also been recorded in other Caribbean islands in the archipelago, North, Central and South America. Both soft and hard tick species found in T&T have also been implicated in a number of blood-borne pathogens including Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Babesia, Hepatozoon, Rickettsia, and Anaplasma

Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago an Overview 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. A General Account of Ticks
Abstract
Systematic Position
Characteristic Features of the Taxa
General Identification Characters of the Tick Genera Present in Trinidad and Tobago
Importance of Ticks
Site of Attachment on Hosts
Common Names of Ticks
General Morphology of Ticks
Habits and General Life History of Ticks
Feeding mechanism of Ticks
Seasonal Activity of Ticks
Methods of Tick Control
Collection and Preservation
Procedure for Egg Counting
Chapter 2. Ticks in the Caribbean Region
Abstract
Chapter 3. Tick Species Present in Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract
Identification Characters, Distribution, Hosts, and Disease Transmission of Ticks of Trinidad and Toba

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