Songbirds as hosts for ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in Slovakia

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-537

  Taragel'ová, Veronika ^a   Koči, Juraj ^b   Hanincová, Klára ^a,d   Olekšák, Milan ^c   Labuda, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c Administration of Slovak Karst National Park   (Slovakia)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird tick infestation; Feeding ticks; Haemaphysalis concinna; Ixodes arboricola; Ixodes ricinus; Netted birds

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SITTA EUROPAEA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 28444439550     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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