Artificial feeding systems for ixodid ticks as a tool for study of pathogen transmission

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 211-218

  Young, A S ^a   Waladde, S M ^b   Morzaria, S P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKIN; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

EID: 0029774767     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53527.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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