Migratory Songbirds Transport Amblyomma longirostre and Amblyomma maculatum Ticks to Canada

Birds transport ticks into Canada during northward spring migration, and some of these are infected with tick-borne zoonotic pathogens. Some Amblyomma species harbour pathogens that cause debilitating diseases can be fatal to humans, domestic wildlife animals. At least 65 spp. indigenous in the Western Hemisphere, approximately half bite humans. longirostre carries Rickettsia amblyommatis which causes spotted fever group rickettsiosis, a febrile disease Additionally, maculatum harbors transmits parkeri, this tick bites In present study, we use two technologies identify ticks. To confirm identification, took microphotographs followed by DNA barcoding cytochrome c oxidase I gene. Based on molecular analysis, confirmed were longirostre, neotropical maculatum, Gulf Coast tick. our tick-bird findings, migratory songbirds Canada, have potential, either directly or indirectly, transmit