Influence of the physiological state on infestation by Rhipicephalus microplus in dairy cows

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 52-56

  Da Silva, Jenevaldo Barbosa ^a   Rangel, Charles Passos ^b   De Azevedo Baêta, Bruna ^c   Da Fonseca, Adivaldo Henrique ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b IMA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Lactation; Peripartum; Pregnancy; Resistance; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREED DIFFERENCE; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; STOCKING DENSITY; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84872605483     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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