page_title: Ticks of domestic animals
section_title: Argas and Ornithodoros soft ticks
hierarchical_section_title: Ticks of domestic animals / Typical ticks of domestic animals / Argas and Ornithodoros soft ticks
caption_attribution_description: English: Ornithodoros savignyi argasid tick, dorsal.
context_page_description: Ticks of domestic animals directly cause poor health and loss of production to their hosts by many parasitic mechanisms. Ticks also transmit numerous kinds of viruses, bacteria, and protozoa between domestic animals. These microbes cause diseases which can be severely debilitating or fatal to domestic animals, and may also affect humans. Ticks are especially important to domestic animals in tropical and subtropical countries, where the warm climate enables many species to flourish. Also, the large populations of wild animals in warm countries provide a reservoir of ticks and infective microbes that spread to domestic animals. Farmers of livestock animals use many methods to control ticks, and related treatments are used to reduce infestation of companion animals.
context_section_description: Argas persicus, the fowl tick, is a major pest of poultry birds. The tampan ticks within Ornithodoros moubata complex of species infest domestic pigs and also feed on humans. Ornithodoros savignyi is often found in large numbers at enclosures where camels and cattle are herded. Many species of argasid soft ticks are adapted to live in the nest or regular resting sites of their hosts, often waiting for months or even years for the host to return and enable the tick to feed. This nest-dwelling behavior is described as endophilic or nidicolous.
caption: Ornithodoros savignyi argasid tick, dorsal.
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