Ixodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabwe

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Hove, T ^a   Mukandi, R ^a   Bere, M ^a   Horak, I G ^b   Latif, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communal lands; Domestic goats; Ixodid ticks; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASE; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZIMBABWE;

AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA MARMOREUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOOPHILUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HYALOMMA RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS LUNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS PUNCTATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS;

EID: 58349115218     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v79i3.257     Document Type: Article

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