The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae): From taxonomy to control

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 173-185

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biology; Control; Ecology; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Taxonomy; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOG; ECOLOGY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; INFESTATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLLUTION; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 40449112489     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.030     Document Type: Review

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