Confirmation of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) as a vector for cytauxzoon felis (Piroplasmorida: Theileriidae) to domestic cats

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 890-896

  Reichard, Mason V ^a   Edwards, Amy C ^a   Meinkoth, James H ^a   Snider, Timothy A ^a   Meinkoth, Katrina R ^a   Heinz, Rebecca E ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Cytauxzoon felis; cytauxzoonosis; Dermacentor variabilis; domestic cats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIROPLASMIDA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PIROPLASMIDA; THEILERIIDAE;

EID: 77956473164     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10013     Document Type: Article

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