Cattle ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma of economic importance in Tanzania: Distribution assessed with GIS based on an extensive field survey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-319

  Lynen, Godelieve ^a,b   Zeman, Petr ^c   Bakuname, Christine ^a   Di Giulio, Giuseppe ^b   Mtui, Paul ^a   Sanka, Paul ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^d,e  

^a Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

^b VetAgro Tanzania Ltd   (Tanzania)

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amblyomma spp.; Cattle ticks; Geographic distribution; Predictive modelling; Rhipicephalus spp.; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; MAPPING; NDVI; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; TANZANIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IXODIDAE; TANZANIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MAFIA ISLAND; PWANI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS PRAVUS;

EID: 36849087033     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9123-9     Document Type: Article

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