Spring Migratory Birds (Aves) Extend the Northern Occurrence of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-585

  Klich, Marek ^a   Lankester, Murray W ^a   Wu, King Wan ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blacklegged tick; Migratory birds; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BORRELIA; CATHARUS USTULATUS; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; GALLIFORMES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORNITHONYSSUS; ORNITHONYSSUS SYLVIARUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA PASSERINA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; RABBIT; SCIURIDAE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; IXODES; MITES; ONTARIO; PEROMYSCUS; RABBITS; SCIURIDAE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0030187236     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.581     Document Type: Article

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