Tick (Acari) infestations of bats in New Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 609-611

  Steinlein, Denise Bonilla ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a   Gannon, William L ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; New Mexico; Ornithodoros kelleyi; Ornithodoros rossi; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANTROZOUS PALLIDUS; ARGASIDAE; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS KELLEYI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; NEW MEXICO; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035406291     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.609     Document Type: Article

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