Vegetational Associations of Host-seeking Adult Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), on Dairy Farms in Northwestern Wisconsin

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 718-721

  Schmidtmann, E T ^a   Schlater, J L ^b   Maupin, G O ^c   Mertins, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lyme disease; Risk of encounter; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; LACTATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RISK FACTOR; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; IXODES; LACTATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032020043     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75627-9     Document Type: Article

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