Ticks found on Man and his Domestic Animals. 



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Foicls- 



Fowl Tick (Argas persicus, Okeii.;. 



'I'aiiipitn Tirk {Orniihodorus inoubata, Murray). 



Ornithodoros savignyi, Aud. 



Ornithodoros parimentosus, Xeii., Soulh-AVesl 

 Africa . 

 Penguiu Tick (Ornithodoros talaje, var. capensis). Cape Province. 

 Bont-leg" Tick (Hyaloinma aegyptium, var. impresxum, Neu.). 

 Bont Tick ( Amhlyom.Tva hphraptim, Koch). 



Tiirkeys, Geese, Ducks, and Pigeons — 



The Fowl Tick (Argas persicus, Oken.). 



Table of Diseases Transmitted by South African Ticks. 



Disease. 



TT ^ Organism causing 



**®^'^- Disease. 



Transmitted by. 



Kast Coast Fever or i Cattle 

 Rhodesian Fever \ 



Redwater or Bovine i Cattle 

 Piroplasmosis 



TheUpiia parni 



Rh ipiceph alus apprn di nihitv .v 

 Rht//icep/iali/s capen-iix. 

 Bli ipiceph a Itt x s i m v ■•< . 

 lihipicephiihtu erertui . 



Biliary Fcvrr or Equine 

 Piroplasmosis 



Biliary Fever or Canine 

 Piroplasmosis 



Gall-sickness (form of) 

 Oall-siekness ... 

 fleartwatPi 



Spirillosis 



Human Tick Feverf ... 

 Fowl Spirochaetosis ... 



Horse 

 Mule 

 Donkey 



Dog 



Cattle 



Cattle 

 Sheep 

 Goats 



Horse 

 Cattle 

 Sheep 



Man 



Fowls 



Piri>pla.iiiiu hige.niinv'ii Soophilus decoloratii.i. 

 Booohilus (lustralis. 



Xuti/illia fiz/ui 



Piropldxma r/niix 

 Piroplaxniti mutunx 



Rhipicephalu!f\appendie'nlatus 

 Rliip icephalnx e rerH i . 



Rh ip icppha In s erertx i . 



Haemaphysalis leachi. 

 Rhipicephalnx xanfivivrxx. '■' 



Rhipieephalus appendiculiitux 

 Rhipicephalvs erertxi. 



Anopla.tvui marqinalp Bonphilus decoloratux. 

 Rhipicephaln.f slmux. 



U/tra ri.tible rin/x 



Sprraphapta tlipih'ri 



Spirochueta dwttoni 

 Spirocliaefa marchouxi 



Ambly omnia hebraeum . 

 A mhlyomma rariegaiiim. 



Boophihix decoloratu-s. 

 Rhipicpphalna prertn. 



Ornithodoros movhata. 



Argas persicus. 

 Orni'hodoros mouhata. 



* This tick was proved to transmit the disease in India. 



t This disease is not known tn occur in the Union of South Africa. 



