Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... appendiculatus ) The primary vector of East Coast Fever , the disease for which this species is notorious , R. appendiculatus is found throughout much of central , southeastern and eastern Africa . It ranges from the southern and ...
... appendiculatus ) The primary vector of East Coast Fever , the disease for which this species is notorious , R. appendiculatus is found throughout much of central , southeastern and eastern Africa . It ranges from the southern and ...
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... appendiculatus are seeking hosts . In this region and throughout southern Africa generally , this tick exhibits a character- istic seasonal activity period influenced by diapause ( see Chapter 23 ) . This activity season also coincides ...
... appendiculatus are seeking hosts . In this region and throughout southern Africa generally , this tick exhibits a character- istic seasonal activity period influenced by diapause ( see Chapter 23 ) . This activity season also coincides ...
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... appendiculatus populations to the extent that cattle and other livestock harbored hundreds of ticks per head in grazing areas where few were seen previously . Epizootics of NSD have followed such sudden , massive increases in the tick ...
... appendiculatus populations to the extent that cattle and other livestock harbored hundreds of ticks per head in grazing areas where few were seen previously . Epizootics of NSD have followed such sudden , massive increases in the tick ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
TICKBORNE PROTOZOAN DISEASES | 107 |
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