Red deer (Cervus elaphus) as a host for the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Yucatan, Mexico

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-552

  Rodriguez Vivas R I ^a   Ojeda Chi, M M ^a   Rosado Aguilar, J A ^a   Trinidad Martinez I C ^a   Torres Acosta, J F J ^a   Ticante Perez, V ^b   Castro Marin J M ^b   Tapia Moo, C A ^b   Vazquez Gomez G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico Tantakin   (Mexico)

^c Laboratorio Revetmex SA de CV Calz de la Viga   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Babesia spp; Cattle; Cervus elaphus; Mexico; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE VECTOR; ECTOPARASITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HATCHING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; RANCHING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TICK; TROPICAL REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84879229467     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9672-z     Document Type: Article

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