Simulation of rotational grazing to evaluate integrated pest management strategies for Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Venezuela

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Hernandez A F ^a   Teel, P D ^b   Corson, M S ^b   Grant, W E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; IPM; Ixodidae; Rotational grazing; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FOREST; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; VENEZUELA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; VENEZUELA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODIDAE;

EID: 18844469315     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00282-X     Document Type: Article

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