Gotch ear: A poorly described, local, pathologic condition of livestock associated primarily with the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Edwards, Kristine T ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External parasites; Parasitology; Rickettsia; Ticks; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR MALFORMATION; GOAT; GOTCH EAR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; ZOONOSES;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 82755197051     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.038     Document Type: Review

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