Two noteworthy collections of ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from endangered carnivores in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Entomological News

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-62

  Robbins, Richard G ^a   Karesh, William B ^b   Rosenberg, Susan ^b   Schonwalter, Nancy ^c   Inthavong, Chanthaviphone ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Carnivore Preservation Trust   (United States)

^d Ctr Protected Areas Watershed Mgmt   (Laos)

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