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Page 141
This gradual process of cuticle formation may also apply to nymphs and adults of
A . brumpti which require 90 days and 8 – 21 days , respectively , to become
replete . The amount of blood ingested by a soft tick during one feed is about
three ...
This gradual process of cuticle formation may also apply to nymphs and adults of
A . brumpti which require 90 days and 8 – 21 days , respectively , to become
replete . The amount of blood ingested by a soft tick during one feed is about
three ...
Page 211
Nymphs select similar hosts to the larvae , and are capable of survival without
feeding for 274 – 309 days . Newly moulted nymphs are relatively inactive for 1 -
4 days , but when they do partake of a meal it lasts from 3 to 12 days with an ...
Nymphs select similar hosts to the larvae , and are capable of survival without
feeding for 274 – 309 days . Newly moulted nymphs are relatively inactive for 1 -
4 days , but when they do partake of a meal it lasts from 3 to 12 days with an ...
Page 393
Ticks infected in the larval instar usually transmitted the disease when they fed as
nymphs on susceptible sheep . Likewise nymphs , which ingested virus - infected
blood , were able to transfer the pathogens hereditarily to the adults during the ...
Ticks infected in the larval instar usually transmitted the disease when they fed as
nymphs on susceptible sheep . Likewise nymphs , which ingested virus - infected
blood , were able to transfer the pathogens hereditarily to the adults during the ...
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Contents
CUTICLETHE KEY TO Tick ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT | 27 |
CAPITULUM AND FEEDING MECHANISM | 92 |
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