Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIII. Ixodid ticks of domestic dogs and cats in the Western Cape Province

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Horak, I G ^a   Matthee, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Haemaphysalis leachi; Ixodid ticks; Rhipicephalus gertrudae; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Seasonality; Stellenbosch; Western Cape Province

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HAEMAPHSALIS LEACHI; IXODES RUBICUNDUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OTOBIUS MEGNINI; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS GERTRUDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS CATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI; IXODES; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA; OTOBIUS MEGNINI; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 0242329832     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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