Dermacentor variabilis and Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae): Experimental vectors of Babesia equi to equids

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 667-670

  Stiller, David ^a   Goff, Will L ^a,b   Johnson, Lloran W ^a,c   Knowles, Donald P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Babesia equi; Boophilus microplus; Equids; Ticks; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; DERMACENTOR; HORSE; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; DERMACENTOR; EQUIDAE; IXODIDAE; MALE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036635732     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.667     Document Type: Article

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