An assessment of host resistance to ticks on cross-bred cattle in Burundi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Moran, M C ^a   Nigarura, G ^a   Pegram, R G ^a,b  

^a FAO   (Burundi)

^b Caribbean Amblyomma Program   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Amblyomura variegatum; Boophilus decoloratus; Burundi; Cattle; Resistance; Rhipcephalus evertsi; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; THEILERIA PARVA; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; BURUNDI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; THEILERIASIS; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0030060037     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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