Pen studies on the control of cattle tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) with Metarhizium anisopliae (Sorokin)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 248-260

  Leemon, D M ^a   Turner, L B ^a   Jonsson, N N ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biopesticide; Cattle; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Tick control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEIFER; HUMIDITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEN (SWAN); RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; FUNGI; IXODIDA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 50249181079     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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