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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.
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