Species of ticks on camels and their seasonal population dynamics in Eastern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-231

  Zeleke, M ^a,b   Bekele, T ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Burden; Camel; Dromedary; Hyalomma; Prevalence; Rhipicephalus; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TICK;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS PULCHELLUS;

EID: 1642382135     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000016830.30194.2a     Document Type: Article

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