Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXVIII. Ixodid ticks collected from 23 wild carnivore species

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-250

  Horak, I G ^a   Braack, L E O ^b   Fourie, L J ^c   Walker, Jane B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ixodid ticks; South africa; Wild carnivores

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI; IXODES; IXODES RUBICUNDUS; IXODIDAE; RHIPICENTOR NUTTALLI; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS; RUBICUNDUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; IXODES; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0034574036     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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