Seasonal dynamics of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, on a confined dog population in Italy

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-315

  Lorusso, V ^a   Dantas Torres, F ^a   Lia, R P ^a   Tarallo, V D ^a   Mencke, N ^b   Capelli, G ^c   Otranto, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Seasonal dynamics; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

CANID; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEASON; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ITALY;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 77955239986     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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