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

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-154

  Norval, R A I ^c   Sutherst, R W ^a,b   Kurki, J ^c   Kerr, J D ^a   Gibson, J D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c University of Queensland ^*

Author keywords

Brown ear tick; Cattle; Milk yield; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Sanga; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BROWN EAR-TICK; MASHONA COW; MILK PRODUCTION; SANGA CATTLE;

ZIMBABWE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA BEZZIANA; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; FRIESIA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SANGA;

EID: 0031126644     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00305.x     Document Type: Article

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