The effect of various host species on the feeding performance of immature stages of the tick Hyalomma truncatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Rechav, Yigal ^a   Fielden, Laura Jane ^a  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Feeding performance; Hyalomma truncatum; Ticks

Indexed keywords

FEEDING PERFORMANCE; HOST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; TICK; TICK LARVA; TICK NYMPH;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031213784     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018444315709     Document Type: Article

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