| A wood tick is also known as a Rocky Mountain | | | | Symptoms of the Colorado tick fever appear |
| wood tick. Its scientific name is Dermacentor | | | | within three to fourteen days and include flu |
| andersoni, and it is found in the Rocky | | | | and rash. Serious lung or brain complications |
| Mountain States and the southwestern part of | | | | have been reported by patients in the later |
| Canada. In the Unites States, wood ticks | | | | stages of the disease. Weakness is another |
| cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado | | | | problem associated with the disease. |
| tick fever, and tularemia, while in Canada | | | | Tularemia symptoms appear within one to ten |
| they cause tick paralysis.Wood ticks are | | | | days and include flu and a sore on the bite |
| either brown or grey in color. Although they | | | | area. Tick paralysis is a debilitating |
| resemble the American dog tick and the Gulf | | | | disease that can even lead to the death of |
| Coast tick, wood ticks are stronger and have | | | | the patient. Its symptoms appear within a |
| a thicker body than either of the two | | | | week and include a feeling of numbness in the |
| species. Wood ticks are found in grass and | | | | legs. Arm, throat, and tongue muscles also |
| shrubs; it is from these areas that they | | | | weaken progressively. This disease is cured |
| attach themselves to a host. Their lifecycle | | | | when the tick is removed, provided the |
| is completed within one to three years. In | | | | paralysis is not extensive. If symptoms are |
| their larval and nymph stages, these ticks | | | | ignored, this disease can prove fatal.To |
| feed on rodents, while in their adult stage, | | | | conclude, wood ticks can transmit fatal |
| they target cattle, deer, dogs, and | | | | diseases and, therefore, awareness and |
| people.Rocky Mountain spotted fever can prove | | | | appropriate action are essential to prevent |
| fatal if is not treated in the early stages. | | | | tick bites.Ticks provides detailed |
| It is characterized by high fever, severe | | | | information on Ticks, Tick Bites, Deer Ticks, |
| headaches, and a rash that appears within | | | | Dog Ticks and more. Ticks is affiliated with |
| three to twelve days after a wood tick bite. | | | | Mosquito Magnets. |