Daily Mean Number of Eggs Laid by the Southern Cattle Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Compared with Mean Egg Mass Weight

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-158

  De Campos Pereira, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biology; Boophilus microplus; Eggs

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; TICKS;

EID: 0542373284     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.153     Document Type: Article

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