Geographic distribution of the invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus, a country-wide survey in Benin

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-452

  de Clercq, E M ^a   Vanwambeke, S O ^a   Sungirai, M ^b   Adehan, S ^c   Lokossou, R ^d   Madder, M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Ministere de l'Agriculture de l'Elevage et de la Peche/CeRPA OP/Service Recherche Developpement   (Benin)

^d La Direction de l'Elevage du Ministère de l'Agriculture   (Benin)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Cattle; Country wide tick survey; Geographic tick distribution; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SAMPLING; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BENIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

EID: 84868626885     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9587-0     Document Type: Article

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