Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... chapter , we will examine the ecological adaptations that have enabled these diverse species to succeed and extend ... chapter ( Chapter 24 ) . SEASONAL ACTIVITY Most species of non - nidicolous ticks , ECOLOGY OF NON-NIDOCOLOUS TICKS ...
... chapter , we will examine the ecological adaptations that have enabled these diverse species to succeed and extend ... chapter ( Chapter 24 ) . SEASONAL ACTIVITY Most species of non - nidicolous ticks , ECOLOGY OF NON-NIDOCOLOUS TICKS ...
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... chapter . Ticks also transmit other rickettsial infections that cause severe or fatal diseases in vertebrate animals as well as man . These include ( 1 ) Heartwater , a disease of domestic and wild ungulates in Africa and the Caribbean ...
... chapter . Ticks also transmit other rickettsial infections that cause severe or fatal diseases in vertebrate animals as well as man . These include ( 1 ) Heartwater , a disease of domestic and wild ungulates in Africa and the Caribbean ...
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... chapter . The various species of tick - borne bacterial agents , their vectors , hosts , geographic range , and the diseases they cause are listed in Table 29.1 . This chapter describes the most important non - rickettsial , tick ...
... chapter . The various species of tick - borne bacterial agents , their vectors , hosts , geographic range , and the diseases they cause are listed in Table 29.1 . This chapter describes the most important non - rickettsial , tick ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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abundance acaricide adult ticks Africa Amblyomma americanum andersoni animals antibodies antigens appendiculatus areas Argas argasid attack Babesia babesiosis birds Borrelia Burgdorfer burgdorferi burrows cattle clinical cycle deer Dermacentor develop diagnosis diapause dogs ecology engorged enzootic Epidemiology erythrocytes females Figure forest genus habitat heartwater host cell host-seeking humidity immune important incubation infection isolated Ixodes dammini ixodid laboratory larvae livestock Lyme borreliosis Lyme disease mammals membrane merozoites midgut molting nests nidicolous Norval numbers nymphal nymphs occur organisms Ornithodoros oviposition paralysis parasites pathogen period permission questing rabbits region relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus ricinus rickettsiae RMSF rodents salivary glands schizonts seasonal activity sheep small mammals Sonenshine southern Spielman spirochetes sporozoites spotted fever stages survival symptoms temperature Theileria tick control tick feeding tick paralysis tick population tick species tick vectors tick-borne tick-borne diseases tissues transmission transmitted transovarial transstadial treatment tularemia unfed vaccine variabilis vector tick vegetation vertebrate virus viruses white-footed mice wild