Population Dynamics of Immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and Other Ectoparasites on Meadowlarks and Northern Bobwhite Quail Resident to the Coastal Prairie of Texas

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-488

  Teel, Pete D ^a   Hopkins, Sidney W ^a,b   Donahue, William A ^a,c   Strey, Otto F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hopkins Agricultural Services Inc   (United States)

^c Sierra Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Mallophaga; Meadowlarks; Quail; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; FORMICIDAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODIDAE; MALLOPHAGA; PHASIANIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; STURNELLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUAIL; TICK;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUAIL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0032113634     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.483     Document Type: Article

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