Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-284

  Široký, Pavel ^a   Erhart, Jan ^b   Petrželková, Klára J ^c,d   Kamler, Martin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^e Bee Research Institute at Dol   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hyalomma aegyptium; Laboratory rearing; Life cycle; Testudo

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; OVIPOSITION; RODENT; TICK; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TICK; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; OVIPOSITION; SEX RATIO; TURTLES;

CAVIA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO MARGINATA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79957966158     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9442-8     Document Type: Article

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