The effects of the brown ear-tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, on milk production in dairy cattle

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-158

  Norval, R A I ^a   Sutherst, R W ^b   Gibson, J D ^a   Kerr, J D ^b   Thorne, L M ^a   Ellenhauge, A ^a  

^a Veterinary Research Laboratory Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown ear tick; Dairy cattle; Damage; Milk; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

DAIRY CATTLE; LIVESTOCK DISEASE; MILK YIELD; TICK INFESTATION;

ZIMBABWE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SANGA;

EID: 0031126314     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00306.x     Document Type: Article

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