Otobius megnini is a one host, nidicolous soft tick family argasidae whose larvae and nymphs parasitize the external ear canal of many wild and domestic animals and occasionally humans. Spinose ear tick otobius megnini infestations in race. Full text in pdf 420kb, made free to you online by the authors and saas. Pdf otobius megnini is a tick species which its larvae and nymphs feed deep in the external ear canal of a variety. The nymphal otobius megnini removed from the dogs ear by veterinarian jl. Earliest record of the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini. Ants as predators of the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini duges. Only the larvae and nymphs are parasitic, feeding inside the ear canal of the host for a long. Spinose ear tick otobius megnini infestations in race horses. Otobius megnini is a cosmopolitan soft tick that parasitizes humans, as well as domestic and wild mammals. Clinical report of the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini acari. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license.
Spinose ear tick, otobius megnini, has a worldwide distribution causing otoacariasis or parasitic otitis in animals and humans. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. Pdf myotonia and colic associated with the spinose ear. Otobius megnini infests the ear canal of race horses in nuwara eliya. Pdf otobius megnini infestation in dogs in nilgiris. Seasonal dynamics of spinose ear tick otobius megnini associated.
The infestation was more in purebreds than mongrels. It is a nidicolous, onehost soft tick spread from the new world to the old world and is now distributed across all the continents. Otobius megnini infestation in three dogs, veterinary. Otobius megnini1 duges on a dog from the northcentral. First report of spinose ear tick, otobius megnini acari, argasidae, in. Spinose ear tick, otobius megnini family argasidae is a onehost soft tick that parasitizes domesticated animals and occasionally. Molecular evidence of babesia infections in spinose ear tick. Otobius megnini, also known as the spinose ear tick, is a softbodied tick that is only parasitic in.
This page was last edited on 19 december 2019, at 08. Pdf offhost collection methods of the otobius megnini. Earliest record of the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini duges ixodida. Physicians and public health authorities should be aware of the tick as part of differential diagnosis when earache is manifested by patients in close contact. To read pdf, download the free software here, if you do not have it already in your machine. Otobius megnini is a soft argasid tick primarily found in arid areas of north and south america, india, and southern africa. Three specimens were collected during a routine consultation, and by morphological examination, identified as the ear tick. The present study was conducted to determine the seasonal. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf occurrence of otobius megnini in a veterinary internee article pdf available in the indian veterinary journal 897. It was later identified as a spinose ear tick, otobius megnini. Here, we report the predatory behaviour of ants on the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini. Abstract the overall incidence of otobius ntegnini was 19.
Pdf clinical report of the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini acari. Argasidae, from a domestic cat, felis silvestris catus, and first record from. Phoridae infesting a spinose ear tick, otobius megnini, colony in sri lanka. Seasonal dynamics of spinose ear tick otobius megnini associated with horse otoacariasis in sri. To evaluate the reproductive efficiency of otobius megnini dugea females we conducted a study under conatant conditions in the laboratory. Deep within the concave surface of the auricle are numerous otobius megnini. The purpose of the study was to report the presence of the soft tick otobius megnini duges parasitizing a dog. Myotonia and colic associated with the spinose ear tick, otobius megnini, in a horse in northern mexico. Pdf occurrence of otobius megnini in a veterinary internee. Argasidae, from the paisley caves site oregon, usa, with implications for prehistoric human ectoparasitism.