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castor-bean tick

arachnid

Also known as: Ixodes ricinus, castorbean tick

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association with louping ill

In louping ill
…transmitted by bites of the castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus). The disease is most common in grassland regions of northern England and Scotland and is called louping (or leaping) ill because infected sheep leap about. Other mammals, including humans, cattle, dogs, goats, horses, and pigs, are susceptible.
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carrier of Lyme disease

In Lyme disease: Causes and transmission
pacificus; and in Europe, I. ricinus.
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