Ticks parasitizing dogs in northwestern Georgia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-114

  Goldberg, M ^a   Rechav, Y ^b   Durden, L A ^c  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarina; Dogs; Georgia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; IXODES; MALE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0036372794     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.112     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Clark, K. L., W. Wills, S. H. Tedders, and D. C. Williams. 1996. Ticks removed from dogs and animal care personnel in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. J. Agromed. 3: 45-55.
2. Dennis, D. T., T. S. Nekomoto, J. C. Victor, W. S. Paul, and J. Piesman. 1998. Reported distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. J. Med. Entomol. 35: 629-638.
3. Durden, L. A., and J. E. Keirans. 1996. Nymphs of the genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) of the United States: taxonomy, identification key, distribution, hosts, and medical/veterinary importance. Monograph, Thomas Say Publications, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.
4. Durden, L. A., and T. S. McCay. 1996. Ticks and fleas of shrews in Appalachian Georgia and North Carolina, J. Parasitol. 82: 666-667.
5. Durden, L. A., and J. H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Ecology of Ixodes scapularis and Lyme disease in coastal Georgia, USA, pp. 379-383, In G. R. Needham, R. Mitchell, D. J. Horn and W. C. Welbourn [eds.)], Acarology IX: Symposia. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, OH.
6. Koch, H. G. 1982. Seasonal incidence and attachment sites of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on domestic dogs in southeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas, USA. J. Med. Entomol. 19: 293-298.
7. Oliver, J. H., Jr. 1996. Lyme borreliosis in the southern United States: a review. J. Parasitol. 82: 926-935.
8. Sonenshine, D. E. 1993. Biology of Ticks, vol. 2. Oxford University Press, New York.
9. Wilson, N., and W. W. Baker. 1972. Ticks of Georgia (Acarina: Metastigmata). Bull. Tall Timbers Res. Stn. 10: 1-29.