Ticks and tick-borne diseases in cattle

Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals: Third edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 295-314

  De Almeida Regitano, Luciana Correia ^a   Prayaga, Kishore ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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