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... body structural support , a base for attachment of muscle and at the same time assumes a physio- logical function in regulating the water balance between the body and the environment . In most Arthropoda the occurrence of an integument ...
... body structural support , a base for attachment of muscle and at the same time assumes a physio- logical function in regulating the water balance between the body and the environment . In most Arthropoda the occurrence of an integument ...
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... body weight increases from 2 mg to 30-50 mg . The rate of feeding is , however , much accelerated on the last day ... body length , body width and body thickness to body weight . These ratios for Boophilus caudatus ? ( = microplus ) are ...
... body weight increases from 2 mg to 30-50 mg . The rate of feeding is , however , much accelerated on the last day ... body length , body width and body thickness to body weight . These ratios for Boophilus caudatus ? ( = microplus ) are ...
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... body uniformly except at the tips , where the staining is faint . This faintness may correspond to the relatively coarse filament at one or both ends of the body . Relapsing fever spirochaetes occur in the liquor sanguinis of the blood ...
... body uniformly except at the tips , where the staining is faint . This faintness may correspond to the relatively coarse filament at one or both ends of the body . Relapsing fever spirochaetes occur in the liquor sanguinis of the blood ...
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