The prevalence and intensity of tick infestation in passerines from south Australia

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Oorebeek, Margot ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING GROUND; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; TICK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; IXODES; IXODES HIRSTI; IXODIDA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67650960915     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08052     Document Type: Article

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