Surveillance for exotic ticks on companion animals in the UK

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 202-204

  Jameson, L J ^a   Phipps, L P ^b   Medlock, J M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPEAN UNION; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUARANTINE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA;

EID: 77749321313     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4786     Document Type: Article

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