As part of the development and implementation of a National tick survey, we established an interactive website in an effort to update and make available information on the distributions of several tick species harmful to livestock, poultry, and wildlife. Distribution records and tick identification data from two sources, the US National Tick Collection and USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories, were used to create national-level maps of the distributions of Dermacentor andersoni, D. variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and A. maculatum. We will discuss the distributions and host associations of each species as well as the interactive nature of the website and associated tick map questionnaire.
Species 1: Parasitiformes Ixodidae Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain Wood tick)
Species 2: Parasitiformes Ixodidae Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)
Species 3: Parasitiformes Ixodidae Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick)
Keywords: ticks, website
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