Structural and cytochemical changes in the salivary glands of the Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (CANESTRINI, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae) tick female during feeding

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 114-123

  Nunes, Erika Takagi ^a   Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cattle tick; Cell death; Cytochemistry; Degeneration; Histochemistry; Histology; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETORY GRANULE; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RHIPICEPHALUS; SALIVARY GLANDS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 33746573889     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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