Chemical attraction of Dermacentor variabilis ticks parasitic to Peromyscus leucopus based on host body mass and sex

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-250

  Dallas, Tad ^a   Foré, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American dog tick; Kairomones; Mass biased parasitism; Sex biased parasitism; Y maze

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ATTRACTANT; BODY MASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PARASITISM; TICK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

MELAN A; MLANA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PERSONAL SPACE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MART-1 ANTIGEN; PEROMYSCUS; PERSONAL SPACE; RODENT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84883264388     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9690-x     Document Type: Article

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