Medical Term:

Dermacentor albopictus

 

Definition: the winter tick, a species found principally on horses, cattle, elk, moose, and deer in Canada and the northern and western United States; it is a one-host tick, but humans are sometimes attacked when skinning or dressing deer.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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