Prevalence and species of ticks on horses in Central Oklahoma

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1330-1333

  Duell, Jason R ^a   Carmichael, Robert ^a   Herrin, Brian H ^a   Holbrook, Todd C ^a   Talley, Justin ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Amblyomma maculatum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ehrlichia spp.; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IXODIDAE; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84890066682     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13117     Document Type: Article

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