Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari, Ixodidae) female feeding in laboratory

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 655-660

  Šimo, Ladislav ^a   Kocáková, Paula ^b   Sláviková, Monika ^b   Kubeš, Miroslav ^b   Hajnická, Valéria ^b   Vančová, Iveta ^b   Slovák, Mirko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; Feeding aggregation; Laboratory hosts; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 10044273885     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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