Tactic responses of the parasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis, to light and temperature

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-79

  Pegler, K R ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Light; Mange; Mites; Psoroptes ovis; Sheep scab; Temperature; Transmission

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MITE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; LIGHT; MITE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEAT; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MITES; MOVEMENT; RABBITS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES CUNICULI; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043062376     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000029973.40106.72     Document Type: Article

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