Survival of unfed Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis adults

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-250

  Madder, M ^a   Speybroeck, N ^a   Bilounga, A ^a   Helleputte, D ^a   Berkvens, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appendiculatus; Ixodidae; Rhipicephalus; Rhipicephalus zambeziensis; Survival; Tick; Vapour pressure deficit (VPD)

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; RHIPICEPHALUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 25444447154     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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