Immunity against ticks-A review

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Akhtar, Masood ^a   Muhammad, Faqir ^a   Lodhi, Laeeq Akbar ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   Anwar, M Irfan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Livestock and Dairy Development Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Animals; Immunity; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 78650476389     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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