Effects of prolonged exposure to low temperature on eggs of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 327-330

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Giannelli, Alessio ^a   Figueredo, Luciana Aguiar ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biology; Ixodida; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; OVUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 77954620957     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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