TICK PARALYSIS IN A WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE (Reithrodontomys megalotis)

R. G. BOTZLER; J. ALBRECHT; T. SCHAEFER

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-16.2.223

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1 April 1980 TICK PARALYSIS IN A WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE (Reithrodontomys megalotis)

R. G. BOTZLER, J. ALBRECHT, T. SCHAEFER

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 16(2):223-224 (1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.2.223

Abstract

An engorging female Ixodes pacificus was observed on a western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) in Humboldt County, California. The mouse demonstrated a flaccid paraplegia, but it appeared to recover fully after the tick was removed.

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R. G. BOTZLER, J. ALBRECHT, and T. SCHAEFER "TICK PARALYSIS IN A WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE (Reithrodontomys megalotis)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16(2), 223-224, (1 April 1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.2.223

Received: 10 October 1979; Published: 1 April 1980

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