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... known . " Bont " ticks other than A. hebraeum have been incriminated in the transmission of heartwater in other parts of Africa . Thus Daubney ( 1930 ) reports A. variegatum in East Africa , while the same tick is implicated in West ...
... known . " Bont " ticks other than A. hebraeum have been incriminated in the transmission of heartwater in other parts of Africa . Thus Daubney ( 1930 ) reports A. variegatum in East Africa , while the same tick is implicated in West ...
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... known , the only vector of any significance is the common dog tick , R. sanguineus , within which the infection is carried from the adult through the egg to the next generation . Accordingly the tick is infective at all stages of its ...
... known , the only vector of any significance is the common dog tick , R. sanguineus , within which the infection is carried from the adult through the egg to the next generation . Accordingly the tick is infective at all stages of its ...
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... known examples are yellow fever transmitted by tsetse flies , dengue by Phlebotomus and Colorado fever by ticks . Colorado tick fever is the only tick transmitted virus disease of man that is at present known in the western hemisphere ...
... known examples are yellow fever transmitted by tsetse flies , dengue by Phlebotomus and Colorado fever by ticks . Colorado tick fever is the only tick transmitted virus disease of man that is at present known in the western hemisphere ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLETHE KEY TO TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES | 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 Ixodes ricinus Ixodidae large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male membrane microplus Milne moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites Parasitology pathogens period persicus pharynx Pomerantzev posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep 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