Surveys for ectoparasites on wildlife associated with amblyomma variegatum (acari: Ixodidae) -infested livestock in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1483-1489

  Corn, Joseph L ^a   Berger, Patrick ^b   Mertins, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Ectoparasites; St. Croix; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACTITIS; ACTITIS MACULARIA; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANOCENTOR NITENS; ARGASIDAE; ASTIGMATA; AVES; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CARIOS PUERTORICENSIS; CARNIVORA; COEREBA; COEREBA FLAVEOLA; EQUIDAE; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PHILOPTERIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RHIPICEPHALUS; TIARIS; TIARIS BICOLOR; TROUESSARTIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; LOUSE; MAMMAL; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATTLE; HERPESTIDAE; IXODIDAE; LICE; MAMMALS; MITES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

EID: 75549092040     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0635     Document Type: Article

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