Sites of attachment and density assessment of ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on impala (Aepyceros melampus)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-192

  Matthee, Sonja ^a   Meltzer, D G A ^a   Horak, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

density assessment; impala; ixodid ticks; Live sampling technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ATTACHMENT SITE; DENSITY; IMPALA; TICK;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN PROVINCE, LETABA RANCH;

ACARI; AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS;

EID: 0030619454     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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