Evaluation of an in vitro method to measure behavioural diapause in the tick Ripicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina: Ixodidae) in the laboratory

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Madder, M ^a   Berkvens, D L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diapause; In vitro evaluation; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; RABBITS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0030837098     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001030     Document Type: Article

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