Ticks associated with the three largest wild ruminant species in southern Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-242

  Horak, I G ^a,b,c   Golezardy, H ^a   Uys, A C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffaloes; Eland; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffes; Ixodid ticks; Syncerus caffer; Taurotragus oryx; Tick burdens

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODES; IXODES PILOSUS; IXODES RUBICUNDUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS CAPENSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS LUNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS MACULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS PRAVUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 35648960202     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v74i3.126     Document Type: Article

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