Ectoparasites of the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, in Connecticut, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-45

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Richardson, Dennis J ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Ctenocephalides felis; Dermacentor variabilis; Ectoparasites; Flea; Ixodes cookei; Ixodes scapularis; Mephitis mephitis; Mite; Neotrichodectes mephitidis; Ornithonyssus wernecki; Oropsylla arctomys; Tick; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MACRONYSSIDAE; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; NEOTRICHODECTES; NEOTRICHODECTES MEPHITIDIS; ORNITHONYSSUS; ORNITHONYSSUS WERNECKI; OROPSYLLA; OROPSYLLA ARCTOMYS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VIRGINIA OPOSSUM;

EID: 0037277707     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647(2003)070[0042:eotssm]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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