Some observations on ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting sheep in River Nile Province of Northern Sudan

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-243

  Ahmed, B M ^a   El Hussein, A M ^b   El Khider, A O ^a  

^a NILE VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^b Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Northern Sudan; Sheep; Survey; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; TICK;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 33644830172     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v72i3.201     Document Type: Article

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