You may know and remember that ticks are capable vectors of several equine diseases but do your horse owner clients? Animal health pros can help clients understand the increasing risks from new ticks, regional expansion and disease prevention. Consider this article for newsletters or social media. Adding your own experiences with ticks in your local area while servicing clients provides additional value to such communications.
See the National Equine Tick Survey website for images of ticks that infect horses <Link>.
The image here is from a YouTube video by A Balanced Horse <Link>. In it the owner inspects and removes ticks from her horse after trail ride, commenting, “I’ve never had this much of <tick> problem riding in our local mountains.”
Source: My Senior Horse, May 7, 2025. Link. The most common U. S. tick species associated with horses are listed below:
- Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)
- Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick)
- Amblyomma mixtum (Cayenne tick)
- Dermacentor albipictus (winter tick)
- Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick)
- Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)
- Haemaphysalis longicornis (Asian longhorned tick)
- Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick)
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