Field and Laboratory Responses of Adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) to Kairomones Produced by White-Tailed Deer

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 640-644

  Carroll, J F ^a   Mills Jr , G D ^a   Schmidtmann, E T ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacklegged tick; Kairomone; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; DEER; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PHEROMONES;

EID: 0030187267     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.640     Document Type: Article

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