Alarming spread of the Asian cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus in West Africa-another three countries are affected: Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-386

  Adakal, H ^a   Biguezoton, A ^a   Zoungrana, S ^a   Courtin, F ^a,b   de Clercq, E M ^c   Madder, M ^d,e  

^a Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide CIRDES   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; TICK;

BURKINA FASO; MALI; TOGO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MALI; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATION; TOGO;

ANIMALS; BURKINA FASO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MALI; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOGO;

EID: 84884699072     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9706-6     Document Type: Article

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