Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 47
... Deer Tick ( I. dammini ) As the major vector of Lyme Disease , the most important tick - borne disease in North America today , the deer tick merits serious attention . Originally limited to small foci in New England , Wisconsin and ...
... Deer Tick ( I. dammini ) As the major vector of Lyme Disease , the most important tick - borne disease in North America today , the deer tick merits serious attention . Originally limited to small foci in New England , Wisconsin and ...
Page 155
... Deer are also subject to theilerial infections in various parts of the world . Theileria cervi infects deer in Europe , the United States and possibly elsewhere . In the US , T. cervi is transmitted to white - tailed deer ( Odocoileus ...
... Deer are also subject to theilerial infections in various parts of the world . Theileria cervi infects deer in Europe , the United States and possibly elsewhere . In the US , T. cervi is transmitted to white - tailed deer ( Odocoileus ...
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... deer ( O. virginianus ) are equally important in the spread of Lyme borreliosis in the US . Some workers believe that the deer tick is regaining its former range , which was lost as a result of the virtual eradication of white - tailed deer ...
... deer ( O. virginianus ) are equally important in the spread of Lyme borreliosis in the US . Some workers believe that the deer tick is regaining its former range , which was lost as a result of the virtual eradication of white - tailed deer ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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