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13.4 DISCUSSION The ability to induce immune resistance to ticks by
immunization with salivary gland extracts has been described in guinea pigs and
cattle using Dermacentor andersoni (Allen & Humphreys 1979, Wikel 1981). In
the present ...
13.4 DISCUSSION The ability to induce immune resistance to ticks by
immunization with salivary gland extracts has been described in guinea pigs and
cattle using Dermacentor andersoni (Allen & Humphreys 1979, Wikel 1981). In
the present ...
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There is evidence to suggest that depletion of Langerhans cells from the
epidermis of D. andersoni sensitized guinea pigs inhibits their ability to express
resistance to tick challenge (Allen, personal communication); this is analogous to
findings ...
There is evidence to suggest that depletion of Langerhans cells from the
epidermis of D. andersoni sensitized guinea pigs inhibits their ability to express
resistance to tick challenge (Allen, personal communication); this is analogous to
findings ...
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REFERENCES Allen , J. R. ( 1973 ) Tick resistance : basophils in skin reactions
of resistant guinea pigs . Intl . J. Parasitol . 3 : 195-200 . Allen , J. R. & Humphreys
S. J. ( 1979 ) Immunization of guinea pigs and cattle against ticks . Nature 280 ...
REFERENCES Allen , J. R. ( 1973 ) Tick resistance : basophils in skin reactions
of resistant guinea pigs . Intl . J. Parasitol . 3 : 195-200 . Allen , J. R. & Humphreys
S. J. ( 1979 ) Immunization of guinea pigs and cattle against ticks . Nature 280 ...
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Contents
Foreword | 13 |
Directory of contributors | 17 |
Salivary gland degeneration in the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum | 46 |
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| Title | Morphology, Physiology, and Behavioral Biology of Ticks Acarology Series Ellis Horwood Series in Entomology and Acarology Ellis Horwood series in acarology Open University Press Robotics Series |
| Author | J. Alexander Hair |
| Editors | John R. Sauer, J. Alexander Hair |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | E. Horwood, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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