A survey of the ixodid ticks parasitising cattle in the Eastern province of Zambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-240

  Berkvens, D L ^a   Geysen, D M ^a   Chaka, G ^b   Madder, M ^a   Brandt, J R A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Provincial Veterinary Office   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Acari; Cattle; Distribution; Phenology; Ticks; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032124318     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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