Increasing the Paralyzing Ability of a Laboratory Colony of Dermacentor andersoni Stiles

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-194

  Lysyk, T J ^a   Majak, W ^a,b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Dermacentor andersoni; Laboratory colony; Rocky Mountain wood tick; Selection; Tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CRICETINAE; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DERMACENTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; INFESTATION; LARVA; PARALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY WEIGHT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRICETINAE; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; PARALYSIS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037685279     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.2.185     Document Type: Article

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