castor bean tick

…transmitted by bites of the castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus). The disease is most common in grassland regions of northern England and Scotland and is called louping (or leaping) ill because infected sheep leap about. Other mammals, including humans, cattle, dogs, goats, horses, and pigs, are susceptible.

pacificus; and in Europe, I. ricinus.

canine ehrlichiosis, Mediterranean spotted fever Castor bean, or sheep, tick Ixodes ricinus Anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, tularemia Cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus Bovine ehrlichiosis, Texas cattle fever (bovine babesiosis) Cayenne