Optimization of the in vitro feeding of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphae for the transmission of Theileria parva

Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 463-468

  Young, A S ^b   Mwaura, S N ^b   Njihia, G N ^b   Mwakima, F N ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

artificial feeding; membrane; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Theileria parva; transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; SALIVARY GLANDS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

EID: 0028848554     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000065963     Document Type: Article

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