Comparative studies on the infectivity of Theileria parva in ticks fed in vitro and those fed on cattle

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-67

  Musyoki, Joseph M ^a   Osir, Ellie O ^b   Kiara, Henry K ^c   Kokwaro, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Disease transmission; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Skin membranes; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFESTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RABBIT; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RABBITS; SKIN; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 1842424700     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000018159.47700.e4     Document Type: Article

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