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... attached in the morning , and others of 3 mg weight which have not yet imbibed attach in the afternoon . This difference of weight remains constant throughout the feeding period , so that ticks which had attached during the first half ...
... attached in the morning , and others of 3 mg weight which have not yet imbibed attach in the afternoon . This difference of weight remains constant throughout the feeding period , so that ticks which had attached during the first half ...
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... attached in situ to the female orifice , each spermato- phore consists of a bulb of about 1 mm in diameter which is attached to the vulva by a short neck ( Fig . 65a ) . Chemically the bulb and neck are made largely of protein as ...
... attached in situ to the female orifice , each spermato- phore consists of a bulb of about 1 mm in diameter which is attached to the vulva by a short neck ( Fig . 65a ) . Chemically the bulb and neck are made largely of protein as ...
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... attached to live sheep , but some attached to warmed membranes prepared from the diaphragm of a rabbit . Amputation of both palpal organs and fore - limbs resulted in a failure to attach to freshly prepared lambskin membranes ...
... attached to live sheep , but some attached to warmed membranes prepared from the diaphragm of a rabbit . Amputation of both palpal organs and fore - limbs resulted in a failure to attach to freshly prepared lambskin membranes ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLE THE KEY TO TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES 27 | 27 |
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activity Africa Amblyomma andersoni animals appear areas argasid Argasidae attached Babesia basis capituli bite body Boophilus broad capitulum cattle cells Cervical grooves cheliceral colour coxa coxal cuticle cytoplasm Dermacentor disease dogs dorsal view eggs endocuticle engorged epicuticle evertsi external spur feeding fluid fully fed genus granules Haemaphysalis hairs hard ticks hexagonus Hoogstraal host humidity Hyalomma hypostome infection inner Ixodes ricinus large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male mammals membrane microplus moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep skin soft ticks spermatophore spiracle Spiracular plate spirochaetes spotted fever spur on coxa surface tarsus tarsus IV temperature Theileria tick species tissues transmission transmitted transverse unfed females variabilis vector ventral virus whilst