Larval feeding performance of two Neotropical Ornithodoros ticks (Acari: Argasidae) on reptiles

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Venzal, José M ^a   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argasidae ticks; Larval feeding performance; Ornithodoros puertoricensis; Ornithodoros rostratus; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REPTILE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; TICK; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; ORNITHODOROS; REPTILES; URUGUAY;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; GEKKONIDAE; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 33747702252     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9011-8     Document Type: Article

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