Identification of tick vectors of ovine theileriosis in an endemic region of Iran

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Razmi, G R ^a   Hosseini, M ^a   Aslani, M R ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyalomma; Rhipicephalus; Sheep arthropoda; Theileria lestoquardi; Tick; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; INFECTION; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVINE THEILERIOSIS; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HYALOMMA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI;

EID: 0142250884     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00254-1     Document Type: Article

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