Ticks on crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena, and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-343

  Uys, A C ^a,b   Horak, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crested francolins; Francolinus sephaena; Free living ticks; Limpopo Province; Parasitic ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA MARMOREUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOOPHILUS; BOS TAURUS; FRANCOLINUS; FRANCOLINUS SEPHAENA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

EID: 33645016254     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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