Field and laboratory studies in a Neotropical population of the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Nava, S ^a   Mangold, A J ^a   Guglielmone, A A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cattle; Life cycle; Otobius megnini; Seasonal occurrence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CATTLE; CONSPECIFIC; DNA; EGG PRODUCTION; FIELDWORK; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLT; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; LARVA; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; DEAN FUNES; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; IXODIDA; OTOBIUS MEGNINI;

EID: 60349130908     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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