Experimental Infestation of Gallus gallus with Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) amblus (Ixodoidea: Argasidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-526

  Schumaker, Teresinha Tizu Sato ^a   Mori, Claudia Madalena Cabrera ^a   Ferreira, Claudio Santos ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acari; Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) amblus; Tick biology

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; GALLUS GALLUS; IXODOIDEA; LARUS; ORNITHODOROS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0031230793     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.5.521     Document Type: Article

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