TICK PARALYSIS IN A GREY FOX

JESSUP, DAVID A.

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-15.2.271

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PARASITES| April 01 1979

TICK PARALYSIS IN A GREY FOX

DAVID A. JESSUP

Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Game, 987 Jedsmith Drive, Sacramento, California 95819, USA

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J Wildl Dis (1979) 15 (2): 271–272.

https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.2.271

One hundred seventeen Dermacentor variabilis were removed from the head and back of a grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) showing paresis and diminished motor reflexes of the hind limbs. Rapid and total recovery led to a diagnosis of tick paralysis.

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1979