Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 279
... deer , with adults exhibiting an especially strong predilection for these hosts . White - tailed deer have become increasingly abundant in the eastern US in recent decades . Elimination of deer from a particular locality results in a ...
... deer , with adults exhibiting an especially strong predilection for these hosts . White - tailed deer have become increasingly abundant in the eastern US in recent decades . Elimination of deer from a particular locality results in a ...
Page 280
... 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 ...
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... deer in an island community was destroyed to determine the effect of such an extreme measure on the deer tick , I. dammini . Great Island , a 240 ha island ( off the Massachusetts coast ) dominated by woodland and brush habitats was ...
... deer in an island community was destroyed to determine the effect of such an extreme measure on the deer tick , I. dammini . Great Island , a 240 ha island ( off the Massachusetts coast ) dominated by woodland and brush habitats was ...
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