Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 93
... immune response , whereas laboratory rabbits or guinea - pigs , both unnatural hosts , acquired a vigorous immunity with only a single infestation of 100 larvae of this same tick . More recently , Ribeiro and his co- workers have shown ...
... immune response , whereas laboratory rabbits or guinea - pigs , both unnatural hosts , acquired a vigorous immunity with only a single infestation of 100 larvae of this same tick . More recently , Ribeiro and his co- workers have shown ...
Page 101
... IMMUNITY ON FEEDING TICKS The primary effect of immune rejection is to flood the wound site with watery fluids instead of the hemoglobin - rich blood which is the target of tick feeding and digestion . Thus , when ticks are allowed to ...
... IMMUNITY ON FEEDING TICKS The primary effect of immune rejection is to flood the wound site with watery fluids instead of the hemoglobin - rich blood which is the target of tick feeding and digestion . Thus , when ticks are allowed to ...
Page 128
... Immunity Infection with Babesia species induces a strong immune response in the bovine host . The response includes both humoral and cellular components . This aspect of the immune response is different from that seen with Theileria ...
... Immunity Infection with Babesia species induces a strong immune response in the bovine host . The response includes both humoral and cellular components . This aspect of the immune response is different from that seen with Theileria ...
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