Seasonal abundance of adult ixodid ticks infesting cattle belonging to resource-limited farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Hlatshwayo, M ^a   Mbati, P A ^a   Dipeolu, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boophilus decoloratus; Cattle; Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi; Rhipicephalus follis; Rhipicephalus gertrudae; Rhipicephalus warburtoni; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS GERTRUDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS WARBURTONI; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WINTER;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

EID: 0036519944     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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