Rumen metabolites serve ticks to exploit large mammals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4283-4289

  Donzé, Gérard ^a   McMahon, Conor ^a   Guerin, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Behaviour; Ectoparasite; Ixodes; Neurophysiology; Rumen; Rumen metabolite; Tick

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERUCTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STIMULATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ERUCTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INDOLES; MOVEMENT; ODORS; PHENOL; RUMEN; RUMINANTS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; IXODES; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11944271510     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01241     Document Type: Article

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