Infestation of urban populations of the Northern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus roumanicus, by Ixodes spp. ticks in Poland

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-469

  Dziemian, S ^a   Michalik, J ^a   Pi Lacinska B ^a   Bialik, S ^a   Sikora, B ^a   Zwolak, R ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Erinaceus; Hedgehogs; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST PREFERENCE; MAMMAL; PARASITE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ERINACEUS; ERINACEUS ROUMANICUS; FEMALE; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SPRING; SUMMER; TICK INFESTATION; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; CITY; HEDGEHOG; IXODES; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

POLAND; POZNAN [POLAND];

ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; ERINACEUS CONCOLOR; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; SILLAGO SIHAMA;

ANIMALS; CITIES; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; POLAND; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84922735794     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12065     Document Type: Article

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