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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1 April 1980
TICK PARALYSIS IN A WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
R. G. BOTZLER,
J. ALBRECHT,
T. SCHAEFER