Epidemiology of ixodid ticks in cattle population of various agro-climatic zones of Punjab, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 947-951

  Singh, Nirbhay Kumar ^a   Rath, Shitanshu Shekhar ^a  

^a GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epidemiology; Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum; Punjab; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; INDIA; IXODIDAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION;

CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; PUNJAB; RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INDIA; IXODIDAE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84886896024     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60169-8     Document Type: Article

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