Diversity, seasonality and sites of attachment of adult ixodid ticks on dogs in the central region of the Free State Province, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-290

  Jacobs, P A H ^a,c   Fourie, L J ^a   Kok, D J ^a   Horak, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central free state; Dogs; Haemaphysalis leachi; Ixodid ticks; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Seasonality; Sites of attachment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECONOMICS; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0035543603     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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