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... skin in 7–13 min . In Argas boueti , on the other hand , the penetration of the skin is very active and rapid . For penetrating such a tough medium as skin , the chelicerae must be rigid , and this property is conferred on them by the ...
... skin in 7–13 min . In Argas boueti , on the other hand , the penetration of the skin is very active and rapid . For penetrating such a tough medium as skin , the chelicerae must be rigid , and this property is conferred on them by the ...
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... skin of a fox by Nuttall ( 1914 ) , who believed that the encystment of the tick is due to increasing oedema and inflammatory swelling of the host's skin , the surface of which rises above the subjacent tissue in which the tick's ...
... skin of a fox by Nuttall ( 1914 ) , who believed that the encystment of the tick is due to increasing oedema and inflammatory swelling of the host's skin , the surface of which rises above the subjacent tissue in which the tick's ...
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... skin , and the longer the period of starvation , the faster do they proceed to attach . Lees successfully demonstrated this when two batches of I. ricinus , which had moulted 7 months or 6 weeks previously , were placed to feed on sheep ...
... skin , and the longer the period of starvation , the faster do they proceed to attach . Lees successfully demonstrated this when two batches of I. ricinus , which had moulted 7 months or 6 weeks previously , were placed to feed on sheep ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLEThe Key to TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT | 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 inner Ixodes ricinus Ixodidae large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male membrane microplus moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum 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 females variabilis vector ventral virus whilst