Tick paralysis in a western harvest mouse.
An engorging female Ixodes pacificus was observed on a western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) in Humboldt County, California. The mouse demonstrated a flaccid paraplegia, but it appeared to recover fully after the tick was removed.
D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013985:Tick Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013986:Tick Toxicoses / Q000662:veterinary*