An in vitro feeding assay to test acaricides for control of hard ticks

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Kröber, Thomas ^a   Guerin, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Feeding assay; Hard tick; In vitro feeding; Ixodes ricinus; Tick control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ACARICIDE; BIOASSAY; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; IXODES; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; SILICONES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33846412933     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1293     Document Type: Article

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