Feeding predilection of Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, nymphs on cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Ketchum, H R ^a,b   Teel, P D ^a   Strey, O F ^a   Longnecker, M T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blinn College   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Attachment; Feeding; Gulf Coast tick; Heartwater; Nymph

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CATTLE; DISPERSION; FEEDING; IMMUNITY; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IXODIDAE; KANSAS; NYMPH; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEXAS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; BOS TAURUS; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 26044467586     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.052     Document Type: Article

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