Population dynamics of ixodid ticks infesting cattle in Bathinda and Hoshiarpur districts in the Punjab State

Annals of Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Kapur Ghai, Jyotika ^a,b   Singh, M ^a   Singh, A ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Zoology ^*

Author keywords

Boophilus; Hyalomma; India; Season; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

ASIA; BATHINDA; EURASIA; HOSHIARPUR; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 42549126089     PISSN: 09700153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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