Ixodid ticks parasitizing Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: Geographical and temporal distribution

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^a   Fernández de Mera, Isabel G ^a   Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Höfle, Ursula ^a   Vicente, Joaquín ^a   de la Fuente, José ^a   Gortazár, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ixodid; Spain; Tick borne diseases; Ungulates; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; RED DEER; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TICK; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746576237     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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