Dynamics of tick infestations in foxes in Thuringia, Germany

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-239

  Meyer Kayser, Elisabeth ^a   Hoffmann, Lothar ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^b   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Mahling, Monia ^b   Passos, Lygia M F ^b,c  

^a Thüringer Landesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Verbraucherschutz TLLV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; Ixodes canisuga; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Red fox

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOX; FREEZING; GERMANY; IMAGO; IXODES; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORAGE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; FOXES; GERMANY; IXODES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

CANIDAE; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; VULPES;

EID: 84865962623     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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