Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing canines and deer in Arkansas

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-149

  Trout, R T ^a   Steelman, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Arkansas; Canines; Deer; Ixodes; Ixodidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 79751519391     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-45.2.140     Document Type: Article

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