Maintaining Psoroptes ovis (Acari: Psoroptidae) off-host in the laboratory

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-211

  Thind, B B ^a   Ford, H L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arena; Environmental conditions; In vitro rearing; Off host survival; Psoroptes ovis; Sheep scab mite

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY METHOD; MITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSOROPTIDAE; SERUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; NYMPH; PSOROPTIDAE; SERUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 36248936700     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9116-8     Document Type: Article

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