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Page 17
Possibly, too, they may pass out a secretion elaborated in the dermal glands,
which appears as oily droplets on the surface of the cuticle of hard ticks. The
dermal glands of argasid ticks are responsible for the secretion of the outermost
cement ...
Possibly, too, they may pass out a secretion elaborated in the dermal glands,
which appears as oily droplets on the surface of the cuticle of hard ticks. The
dermal glands of argasid ticks are responsible for the secretion of the outermost
cement ...
Page 26
of the Ixodidae also take up water through the cuticle after desiccation and the
rate of uptake over a unit area of cuticle is approximately the same in all species
of the Ixodidae. In Ornithodoros moubata, however, Lees showed that no ...
of the Ixodidae also take up water through the cuticle after desiccation and the
rate of uptake over a unit area of cuticle is approximately the same in all species
of the Ixodidae. In Ornithodoros moubata, however, Lees showed that no ...
Page 139
During the feeding period of the hard ticks, and even preceding it, there is a
synthesis of new cuticle which is evident as an inner endocuticle of a lamellate
nature. Coincidental with the general increase in overall body weight of females
of I.
During the feeding period of the hard ticks, and even preceding it, there is a
synthesis of new cuticle which is evident as an inner endocuticle of a lamellate
nature. Coincidental with the general increase in overall body weight of females
of I.
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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 appendiculatus areas argasid Argasidae attached Babesia basis capituli bite body Boophilus capitulum capsule cattle cells Cervical grooves cheliceral coxa coxal cuticle cytoplasm Dermacentor disease dogs eggs endocuticle engorged epicuticle evertsi external spur feeding fluid fully fed genus granules Haemaphysalis Haller's organ hard ticks hexagonus Hoogstraal host humidity Hyalomma hypostome immature stages infection inner Ixodes ricinus Ixodidae large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male mammals membrane microplus moulting muscles nuclei Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur outer palp palpal palpi paralysis parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae salivary glands sanguineus scutum segment 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 female vector ventral virus whilst
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ticks and disease Volume 9 of International series of monographs on pure and applied biology: Division, Zoology Volume 9 of International series in pure and applied biology: Zoology division |
| Author | Don Ramsay Arthur |
| Publisher | Row, Peterson, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 445 pages |
| Subjects | Ticks Ticks as carriers of disease |
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