Ticks infesting livestock on farms in Western Sicily, Italy

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-86

  Torina, Alessandra ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^b   Caracappa, Santo ^a   Maroli, Michele ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dog; Donkey; Italy; Ixodidae; Sheep; Tick borne diseases; Western Sicily

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES INVENTORY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; TICK;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; DOGS; EQUIDAE; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SICILY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACARI; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; EQUUS ASINUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA LUSITANICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

EID: 33645122651     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-5629-1     Document Type: Article

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