Prevalence, distribution and risk associated with tick infestation of dogs in Great Britain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Smith, F D ^a   Ballantyne, R ^b   Morgan, E R ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; Dogs; Great Britain; Ixodes canisuga; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Tick

Indexed keywords

CANID; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOPARASITE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; WALES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79960328134     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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