Seasonal Activity of Ticks on Small Ruminants in Tamil Nadu State, India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-133

  Latha, B R ^a   Aiyasami, S S ^a   Pattabiraman, G ^a   Sivaraman, T ^a   Rajavelu, G ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Haemaphysalis bispinosa; Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum; Hyalomma marginatum isaaci; Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides; Seasonal variation; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INDIA; INFESTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; WEATHER;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS HAEMAPHYSALOIDES;

EID: 0442314221     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000012108.42526.11     Document Type: Article

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