Winter ticks primarily affect moose populations, but they have also been found on other mammals, including deer, elk, and caribou. While other mammals can host winter ticks, moose are the most severely impacted by infestations.

Winter ticks are a one-host species and usually affect moose, but may also infest elk, caribou, deer, and mountain sheep. Additional hosts can include beavers, black bears, and coyotes. They are less commonly found on domestic species like horses, cattle, and dogs.

Dermacentor albipictus, the winter tick, is a species of hard tick that parasitizes many different mammal species in North America. It is commonly associated with cervid species such as elk ( Cervus canadensis ), white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), mule deer ( O. hemionus ) and caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ) but is primarily known as a ...

The average tick burden was 7.7 ticks/elk and average winter tick load on all elk was 0.5. Results of this study indicate that winter ticks do infest wild elk in Pennsylvania. However, during the fall months, the tick burden is low and rarely associated with lesions.

To obtain baseline data on winter ticks in wild elk in Pennsylvania, we collected 1453 ticks from 190 hunter-harvested wild elk between 2017-2018. Of the 204 harvested elk, 94.3% (190/204) had ticks collected for this study and none of the sampled elk had evidence of winter-tick associated disease.

Jan 12, 2022 · We compared the effects of grooming for winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) on winter foraging behavior by migrating and resident elk (Cervus canadensis) in the partially migratory population at the Ya Ha Tinda, adjacent to Banff National Park, Canada.

Jan 22, 2025 · We explored how elk (Cervus canadensis) with apparent subclinical infestations of winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) may be a cryptic reservoir and drive winter tick dynamics, impacting moose (Alces alces) populations.

winter tick or moose tick, is an external parasite that attaches to the skin and feeds on the host’s blood. Winter ticks are a one-host species and usually affect MOOSE, but may also infest elk, caribou, deer, and mountain sheep. Additional hosts can include beavers, black bears, and coyotes. They are less commonly

In the present study, we evaluated ticks collected from CWD-negative elk and elk in various stages of CWD ranging from early preclinical infections to late-stage symptomatic disease to better characterize their potential role as vectors of CWD transmission.

Jun 30, 2021 · The winter tick is found throughout North America. The range of this tick extends across the entirety of the United States and into Mexico and Canada. Common host species of winter tick include livestock (primarily cattle) and cervids (hooved animals) like moose, elk, caribou, and deer.