A laboratory comparison of the life cycles of the dog ticks Haemaphysalis leachi and Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-28

  Jacobs, P A H ^a,b   Fourie, L J ^a   Horak, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Detachment rhythms; Dogs; Haemaphysalis leachi; Ixodid ticks; Laboratory; Life cycles; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SKELETON; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 2442541021     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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