Progress towards the eradication of Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 273-281

  Pegram, Rupert G ^a   Eddy, Carlos ^b  

^a Food and Agriculture Organization   (Barbados)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Bayticol pour on; Caribbean; Eradication; Tropical Bont tick

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

LIVESTOCK; PEST CONTROL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK; UNITED NATIONS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IXODIDAE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; UNITED NATIONS; WEST INDIES;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; INSECTA; IXODIDAE; LUCIA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0141680781     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025375206346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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