Host selection by questing female Amblyomma maculatum Koch, to cattle with feeding male ticks in southern Texas

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Sleeba, S B ^a   Teel, P D ^b   Longnecker, M T ^b   Strey, O F ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Cattle; Gulf Coast tick; Pheromone; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHEROMONE;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAZING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODIDAE; MALE; PHEROMONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TEXAS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; BOS; IXODIDA;

EID: 77955316508     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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