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This page quotes the Companion Animal Parasite Council guideline for Ticks, section by section: the opening sentences of 7 sections, copied without change and linked to the guideline, which was retrieved on 2026-09-16. The guideline itself is the authority and carries the full text.
The guideline
Companion Animal Parasite Council, Ticks, at https://capcvet.org/guidelines/rhipicephalus-sanguineus/. Retrieved 2026-09-16. Each heading below is the guideline’s own, and the quotation under it is how that section begins. The full section, and the species tabs where the guideline gives them, are on the linked page.
Synopsis
CAPC Recommends All dogs should be treated year round and throughout their life with tick control products to limit infestations on the pet, reduce the number of ticks in the environment around the home, and prevent establishment of brown dog tick populations in the home Recognize that home infestations with brown dog ticks ( Rhipicephalus sanguineus ), once established, may take several months to bring under control and that, in
Species
Canine Amblyomma americanum (Lone star tick) Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain Wood Tick) Haemaphysalis longicornis (Asian longhorned tick) Ixodes pacificus (Western black-legged tick) Ixodes scapularis (Black-legged tick) Otobius megnini (Spinose ear tick) Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Brown dog tick) *Other tick species may on occasion parasitize dogs.
Disease
Direct disease caused by ticks Ticks may cause irritation and pruritus around the attachment site as well as anemia from blood loss. Secondary infections can develop at the tick attachment site, leading to sepsis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is made on physical examination of host and recognition of attached ticks. Identification of adult ticks removed from a dog is readily achieved.
Treatment
When only a few ticks are present, individual ticks can be removed manually with forceps and gloved hands. To remove ticks manually, use fine forceps to grasp the tick it as close to the skin as possible and then directly extract using slow, steady, rearward pressure.
Control and Prevention
Because substantial annual, seasonal, and geographic differences occur in tick prevalence, and because brown dog ticks can infest homes and kennels every month of the year, CAPC supports year-round use of tick-control products on pets. Reactive or attempted seasonal use of tick-control products allows home infestations to establish and permits transmission of disease agents because products are often not applied until tick activity has commenced.
Public Health Considerations
Ticks that infest dogs also feed on people and can transmit numerous zoonotic agents (described in Disease section). People become infested with ticks in the same way as their pets, i.e., by encountering questing ticks in tick-infested habitats.
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Sources
- capc-rhipicephalus-sanguineusCAPC · retrieved 2026-09-16
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