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Page 135
They showed that female ticks drop on the seventh to eighth day after attachment
during the summer, irrespective of their sites of attachment. The ticks begin to
attach to the host's body in the morning, although some will attach in the
afternoon ...
They showed that female ticks drop on the seventh to eighth day after attachment
during the summer, irrespective of their sites of attachment. The ticks begin to
attach to the host's body in the morning, although some will attach in the
afternoon ...
Page 237
Under the influence of a combination of the stimuli of temperature and odour, a
high percentage of ticks attach successfully; in their absence there is no result,
but with one or the other stimulus alone only 10% of the ticks attach. Without the ...
Under the influence of a combination of the stimuli of temperature and odour, a
high percentage of ticks attach successfully; in their absence there is no result,
but with one or the other stimulus alone only 10% of the ticks attach. Without the ...
Page 259
When hard ticks are on the host they require a preliminary period of stimulation
before the mouth parts penetrate the skin, and the longer the period of starvation,
the faster do they proceed to attach. Lees successfully demonstrated this when ...
When hard ticks are on the host they require a preliminary period of stimulation
before the mouth parts penetrate the skin, and the longer the period of starvation,
the faster do they proceed to attach. Lees successfully demonstrated this when ...
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Contents
Sense Organs Behaviour and Regulating Mechanisms | 214 |
Host Preferences and the Behaviour of Feeding | 236 |
Pathogenic Protozoa Transmitted by Ticks | 314 |
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activity Africa Amblyomma andersoni animals appear appendiculatus areas argasid Argasidae attached Babesia basis capituli bite body Boophilus capitulum capsule cattle cells Cervical grooves cheliceral coxa coxal cuticle cytoplasm Dermacentor disease dogs dorsal view eggs endocuticle engorged epicuticle evertsi external spur feeding fluid fully fed genus granules Haemaphysalis Haller's organ hard ticks hexagonus Hoogstraal host humidity Hyalomma hypostome immature stages infection inner Ixodes ricinus large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male mammals membrane microplus moulting muscles nucleus Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur outer palp palpi paralysis parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep skin soft ticks spermatophore spiracle Spiracular plate spirochaetes spotted fever surface tarsus tarsus IV temperature Theileria tick species tissues transmission transmitted transverse unfed female variabilis vector ventral virus whilst
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ticks and disease Volume 9 of International series of monographs on pure and applied biology: Division, Zoology Volume 9 of International series in pure and applied biology: Zoology division |
| Author | Don Ramsay Arthur |
| Publisher | Row, Peterson, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 445 pages |
| Subjects | Ticks Ticks as carriers of disease |
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