### sound | tick:

Deer tick
* Some deer ticks are only the size of pinheads.
* are about half the size of the American dog tick
  - active from spring until late fall
  - also prevalent
  - much smaller than common dog and cattle ticks
  - quite small and painless that makes detection difficult
  - small, dark-colored ticks sometimes called seed ticks
  - smaller than a pinhead and the young are barely visible
* are smaller than the common dog tick
  - head of a pin and have a painless bite
  - smaller, about the size of a pencil point, and are more difficult to find
  - still active and very abundant
  - the most common host for the disease
* are usually small, no bigger than the head of a pin
  - tiny, no larger than the head of a pin
* are very small and hard to visualize
* attach to clothing and then walk upward.
* can carry lyme disease
  - feed on dogs
* carry all three diseases.
* feed on blood by inserting their mouth parts into the skin
  - many animals including mice, rabbits and domestic animals
* grab onto feet and legs and then crawl up.
* have a three-stage life cycle.
* take two years to complete their life cycle.
* tend to favor wooded areas, high grasses, marshes, and beaches.

Female tick
* deposit their eggs in the environment after a blood meal.
* is the only stage that can become infected and passes the parasite onto the egg.
* lay eggs under the edges of rugs, in baseboard cracks, or in furniture.

Hard tick
* Most hard ticks have either two or three hosts during their development
  - secrete a cement-like substance during feeding
* are of economic importance in the transmission of a variety of diseases
* have a hard dorsal plate called a scutum and mouthparts that are visible from above
  - three distinct life stages
* mate on their host and then the females lay a single, large batch of eggs.

Infected tick
* are common in some Danish forest areas
  - the carriers
* can be deer ticks , dog ticks , and lone star ticks.
* transmit the rickettsiae to rabbits, squirrels, deer, bears, dogs, and humans.

Larval tick
* hatch from the eggs in late summer.
* pick up the bacteria when they take blood from infected mice.

Paralysis tick
* can cause paralysis and even death in some livestock and dogs.
* occur in some areas of Australia and can be fatal to cats
  - and can be fatal to dogs

Soft tick
* Some soft ticks pass through up to seven nymphal molts before they become adults.
* are ticks
  - usually larger and colored a more uniform blueish gray
* can engorge several times their own body weight.
* have a body which cover their entire head.
* lack a scutum, are soft-bodied, and have mouthparts visible from below.

Wood tick
* are dark colored insects found in wooded areas, brush, and fields
  - most likely to be found in open areas with tall grass or brush
* can carry diseases, like any biting insects but are less of a threat.
* require a blood meal from three different hosts to complete their development.

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Ultra sound
* are high frequency sound waves that are inaudible to the human ear.
* can detect breast cancer missed by mammograms.
* is unlikely to differentiate between calcification and ossification.
* shows evidence of fatty liver.

### sound | ultrasound:

Abdominal ultrasound
* is sensitive and specific for aneurysms of all sizes
  - the most commonly performed imaging modality in pregnancy
  - useful in the detection of small tumours
* scanning technique used to image the interior of the abdomen.

Airborne ultrasound
* is utilized in rodent repellent systems.
* suffers from a jitter which is caused by air movement and temperature gradients.