Species composition and geographic distribution of ticks infesting cattle, goats and dogs in a temperate and in a subtropical region of south-east Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-276

  Horak, I G ^a,b   Nyangiwe, N ^a,c   De Matos, C ^a,d   Neves, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c Dohne Agricultural Development Institute   (South Africa)

^d Liaison Office Mozambique Inst de Investigação Agraria de Mozambique   (Mozambique)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dogs; Eastern Cape Province; Geographic distribution; Goats; Ixodid ticks; Maputo Province; Mozambique; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; BOOPHILUS; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS;

EID: 77957033746     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v76i3.28     Document Type: Article

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