Distributions of the paralysis ticks Ixodes cornuatus and Ixodes holocyclus in south-eastern Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 420-424

  Jackson, J ^a,b   Beveridge, I ^a   Chilton, N B ^a,c   Andrews, R H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b University of Saskatchewan ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ixodes cornuatus; Ixodes holocyclus; Paralysis tick; Tick habitat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES; IXODES CORNUATUS; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 34848918579     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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