Rhipicephalus microplus
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rhipicephalus-microplus-295-8647291
title:
Rhipicephalus microplus
text:
The Asian blue tick is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock and wild mammal species, especially cattle, on which it is the most economically significant ectoparasite in the world. It is known as the Australian cattle tick, southern cattle tick, Cuban tick, Madagascar blue tick, and Puerto Rican Texas fever tick. It is classified as a hard tick in the family Ixodidae. It is a small teardrop-shaped arachnid with a hardened plate called the scutum covering its head
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of tick
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhipicephalus_microplus
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-20T15:05:23Z
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fields total:
13
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15