Tick infestation risk for dogs in a peri-urban park

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jennett, Amy L ^a   Smith, Faith D ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Dogs; Habitat; Management; Tick; Tick borne disease; Urban; Vector; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; FOREST; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TICK INFESTATION; URBAN AREA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84890296064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-358     Document Type: Article

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