Some Factors Affecting Infestation of White-Tailed Deer by Blacklegged Ticks and Winter Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southeastern Missouri

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 372-375

  Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a   Masters, Edwin J ^b   Oliver Jr , James H ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Regional Primary Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor albipictus; Ixodes scapularies; Parasite ecology; Ticks; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEER; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MISSOURI; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0031134214     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.372     Document Type: Article

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