Degeneration of salivary glands of males of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari, Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 325-335

  Furquim, Karim Christina Scopinho ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a   Camargo Mathias, Maria Izabel ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Feeding stage; Morphology; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Salivary gland; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 44349124460     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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