Control of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum through use of the '4-poster' treatment device on deer in Maryland

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Carroll, John F ^a   Allen, Patricia C ^a   Hill, Dolores E ^a   Pound, J Mathews ^b   Miller, J Allen ^b   George, John E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Amitraz; Bait; Deer; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; INSECTICIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACARICIDE; DEER; PEST CONTROL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEER; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEER; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; MARYLAND; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOLUIDINES;

UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0141792642     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025383408163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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