Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) as intermediate hosts of tapeworms of the family anoplocephalidae (Cestoda) and the transmission of Moniezia expansa cysticercoids in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Schuster, R ^a   Coetzee, L ^b   Putterill, J F ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intermediate hosts; Moniezia expansa; Oribatid mites; Transmission of parasites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE; CERATOZETOIDEA; CESTODA; CYNODON; GALUMNA; GALUMNOIDEA; MONIEZIA EXPANSA; ORIBATIDA; PENNISETUM; SCHELORIBATES; ZYGORIBATULA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CESTODA; CYSTICERCOSIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MITES; POACEAE; SEASONS;

EID: 0034144937     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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