 The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit plays host to many ectoparasites including fleas , ticks , lice , and mites , and many endoparasites including trematodes , cestodes , nematodes , and botfly ( Cuterebra ) larvae . Diseases affecting the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit in the West are tularemia , equine encephalitis , brucellosis , Q fever , and Rocky Mountain spotted fever . Ticks are vectors for tularemia , and infected ticks have been found on jackrabbits in the West . Jackrabbits infected with tularemia die very quickly . 
 The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>plays</mark></a> host to many ectoparasites including fleas , ticks , lice , and mites , and many endoparasites including trematodes , cestodes , nematodes , and botfly ( Cuterebra ) larvae . Diseases affecting the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit in the West are tularemia , equine encephalitis , brucellosis , Q fever , and Rocky Mountain spotted fever . Ticks <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>vectors for tularemia , and infected ticks <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> been found on jackrabbits in the West . Jackrabbits infected with tularemia die very quickly . 
The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit play host to many ectoparasites including fleas , ticks , lice , and mites , and many endoparasites including trematodes , cestodes , nematodes , and botfly ( Cuterebra ) larvae . Diseases affecting the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit in the West r tularemia , equine encephalitis , brucellosis , Q fever , and Rocky Mountain spotted fever . Ticks vectors fir tularemia , and infected ticks done been found on jackrabbits in the West . Jackrabbits infected with tularemia die very quickly .