After lying in state for thirty-four hours in the Capitol Rotunda, a state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on June 11, the day when President George W. Bush declared a national day of mourning.
Though all ticks can carry disease, seed ticks, because they are somewhat younger, may not carry quite as many harmful viruses. This should not be misinterpreted as a reason to not take them seriously, however. All ticks have the ability to carry disease such as Lyme disease and rocky mountain fever. Ad.
Ticks can transmit disease to many hosts; some diseases cause economic harm such as Texas fever (bovine babesiosis) in cattle that can kill up to 90% of yearling cows. Figure 2 shows the body of a soft tick; there is no hard scutum, only the soft body.