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... ticks this may be as high as 150 times or as low as twenty - three times . An obvious compensating mechanism seems to have evolved here , for soft ticks feed several times during their life cycle , but those belonging to the family ...
... ticks this may be as high as 150 times or as low as twenty - three times . An obvious compensating mechanism seems to have evolved here , for soft ticks feed several times during their life cycle , but those belonging to the family ...
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... ticks attached ( out of 10 ) Amputation Site of attachment after 1 hr 4 hr 24 hr None Living sheep ( flank ) Lambskin ... soft ticks seem to be able to distinguish areas contaminated with the scent of hosts as against areas free of smell ...
... ticks attached ( out of 10 ) Amputation Site of attachment after 1 hr 4 hr 24 hr None Living sheep ( flank ) Lambskin ... soft ticks seem to be able to distinguish areas contaminated with the scent of hosts as against areas free of smell ...
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... ticks , 215 et seq . , 216 , 218 , 219 Haller's organ in soft ticks , 216 , 220 humidity perceptors , 220-1 photoreceptors , 223-4 tactile bristles , 216 , 221 temperature bristles , 216 , 221 Siberian tick typhus , 365 vectors , 366-68 ...
... ticks , 215 et seq . , 216 , 218 , 219 Haller's organ in soft ticks , 216 , 220 humidity perceptors , 220-1 photoreceptors , 223-4 tactile bristles , 216 , 221 temperature bristles , 216 , 221 Siberian tick typhus , 365 vectors , 366-68 ...
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