Goats as alternative hosts of cattle ticks

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Nyangiwe, N ^a,b   Horak, I G ^b,c  

^a Dohne Agricultural Development Institute   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adult ixodid ticks; Alternative hosts; Amblyomma hebraeum; Cattle; Eastern cape province; Goats; Rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

EID: 34249719433     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v74i1.133     Document Type: Article

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