Distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic ruminants in mountainous areas of Golestan province, Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages S246-S251

  Sarani, Moslem ^a   Telmadarraiy, Zakkyeh ^a   Moghaddam, Abdolreza Salahi ^b   Azam, Kamal ^a   Sedaghat, Mohammad Mehdi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b University of Hormuzgan   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distribution; Domestic ruminants; Geographical information system; Hard ticks; Iran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVINAE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA ASIATICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IRAN; IXODIDAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA ASIATICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84922633754     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C746     Document Type: Article

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