Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... sheep in various regions of Europe and even Turkey . Louping ill has long been regarded as a disease of sheep , but other domestic animals and even people are susceptible , leading to severe or fatal illness ( Reid , 1988 ) . Etiology ...
... sheep in various regions of Europe and even Turkey . Louping ill has long been regarded as a disease of sheep , but other domestic animals and even people are susceptible , leading to severe or fatal illness ( Reid , 1988 ) . Etiology ...
Page 178
... sheep develop very high viremias and are infectious to ticks for several days . Cattle ( Bos taurus ) and goats ( Capra aegagrus ) are also suitable tick hosts , and occasionally develop high viremias sufficient to infect ticks , but ...
... sheep develop very high viremias and are infectious to ticks for several days . Cattle ( Bos taurus ) and goats ( Capra aegagrus ) are also suitable tick hosts , and occasionally develop high viremias sufficient to infect ticks , but ...
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... SHEEP DISEASE History This disease was first recognized in 1910 in sheep held in a quarantine area in Nairobi , Kenya . Subsequent studies showed that it was caused by a tick- borne virus . Nairobi sheep disease ( NSD ) has now been ...
... SHEEP DISEASE History This disease was first recognized in 1910 in sheep held in a quarantine area in Nairobi , Kenya . Subsequent studies showed that it was caused by a tick- borne virus . Nairobi sheep disease ( NSD ) has now been ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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