Medical Dictionary

brown dog tick

noun

Medical Definition of BROWN DOG TICK

:  a widely distributed reddish brown tick of the genus Rhipicephalus (R. sanguineus) that occurs on dogs and other mammals and on some birds and that transmits canine babesiosis and possibly other diseases

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