1. Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit louping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
   "The Ixodes ricinus was found during routine inspection of the flock";
   - sheep-tick, sheep tick

Type of: hard tick, ixodid

Part of: genus Ixodes, Ixodes

Encyclopedia: Ixodes ricinus