Monthly dynamics of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting N'Dama cattle in the Republic of Guinea

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-218

  Tomassone, Laura ^a   Camicas, Jean Louis ^b   Pagani, Paolo ^c   Diallo, Oury Tanta ^d   Mannelli, Alessandro ^a   De Meneghi, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Veterinaires Sans Frontieres   (France)

^d NONE   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Ixodid ticks; N'Dama cattle; Republic of Guinea; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA; INFESTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA; IXODIDAE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AFRICA; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS; BOOPHILUS GEIGYI; BOS TAURUS; DAMA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

EID: 1942456506     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000021771.34520.ab     Document Type: Article

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