Dynamics of free-living ixodid ticks on a game ranch in the Central Province, Zambia

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-59

  Zieger, U ^a   Horak, I G ^a   Cauldwell, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central Province; Drag sampling; Free living ixodid ticks; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TICK; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NYMPH; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TICK CONTROL; TICKS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032012256     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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