Ticks

Ticks, with their deeply piercing, blood-sucking mouthparts, attach themselves in the ear canal and result in local inflammation and pain at the attachment site (Figure 5-3). Dogs with ticks on the body should be examined to see whether there are ticks in the ear canals.

Figure 5-3

Ticks in the ear canal. A, Rhipicephalus tick attached to the epithelium.

Figure 5-3—cont'd

B, Otobius tick in the ear canal. (Courtesy Dr. Richard Burrows, Kingman Animal Hospital, Kingman, Arizona.)