Control of ticks of ruminants, with special emphasis on livestock farming systems in India: Present and future possibilities for integrated control - A review

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-66

  Ghosh, S ^a   Azhahianambi, P ^a   De La Fuente, José ^b,c  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acaricide; India; Tick; Tick control; Tick borne diseases; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DISEASE CONTROL; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RUMINANT; TICK; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; INDIA; RUMINANTS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACARI; BOVIDAE; INSECTA; IXODIDA;

EID: 33749847776     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9022-5     Document Type: Article

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