. The cattle tick : this pest can be destroyed. Cattle tick; Babesiosis in cattle. THE CATTLE TICK CAN BE DESTROYED. Engorged Female Tick Having completed its development on the animal, and having been filled to its entire capacity with its host's nourishing blood, it is ready to fall to the ground where it seeks seclusion and comfort to deposit its eggs instinct of the seed ticks to climb up- ward is a very important adaptation to increase their chances of reaching a host. If the vegetation upon whicli tliey rest is disturbed, they become very active and extend tlieir long front legs upward i
. The cattle tick : this pest can be destroyed. Cattle tick; Babesiosis in cattle. THE CATTLE TICK CAN BE DESTROYED. Engorged Female Tick Having completed its development on the animal, and having been filled to its entire capacity with its host's nourishing blood, it is ready to fall to the ground where it seeks seclusion and comfort to deposit its eggs instinct of the seed ticks to climb up- ward is a very important adaptation to increase their chances of reaching a host. If the vegetation upon whicli tliey rest is disturbed, they become very active and extend tlieir long front legs upward in a divergent position, waving them violently in an attempt to seize hold of a host. The seed tick during its life on the pasture takes no food and consequently does not increase in size, and unless it reaches a host to take up the parasitic portion of its development, it dies of starvation. The endurance of seed ticks is very great, however, as they have been found to live nearly eight months during the colder part of the year. Development on Cattle The parasite phase of development begins when the larva or seed ticks reach a favorable host, such as a cow. They crawl up over the hair of the host and ^. '^.^^v.^ . -i commonly attach them- selves to the skin of the escutcheon, the inside of the thighs and flanks, and to the dewlap. They at once begin to draw blood and soon increase in size. In a few days the young tick changes from a brown color to white, and in from five to twelve days sheds its skin. The new form has eight legs instead of ^^ six, and is known as a J nymph. In from five to eleven days after the first molt the tick sheds its skin and becomes sexually mature. It is at this stage that males and females are with certainty dis- tinguishable for the first '^^'l''^-' Ticks of all sizes sbingied on hide of a cow, all sucking the life's blood. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - col
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