Seasonal dynamics and hosts of Amblyomma triste (Acari: Ixodidae) in Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Nava, Santiago ^a,b   Mangold, Atilio J ^a,b   Mastropaolo, Mariano ^a,b   Venzal, José M ^c   Fracassi, Natalia ^d   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma triste; Argentina; Ecology; Hosts

Indexed keywords

AKODON AZARAE; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLASTOCERUS DICHOTOMUS; CATTLE; CAVIA APEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HORSE; HOST; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; INCUBATION TIME; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OLIGORYZOMYS FLAVESCENS; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; OXYMYCTERUS RUFUS; RODENT; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGMODONTINAE; SPRING; SUMMER; WILD ANIMAL; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; MAMMALS; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; AKODON AZARAE; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; AVES; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA APEREA; CAVIIDAE; EQUIDAE; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; OLIGORYZOMYS FLAVESCENS; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; OXYMYCTERUS RUFUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 80052532798     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.054     Document Type: Article

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