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Page 134
... stage , length , width and thickness ratios approach very nearly to one another and in the third stage the body thickness : body weight ratio assumes the ascendancy . These stages correspond to the unfed , flattened and engorged ticks ...
... stage , length , width and thickness ratios approach very nearly to one another and in the third stage the body thickness : body weight ratio assumes the ascendancy . These stages correspond to the unfed , flattened and engorged ticks ...
Page 248
... stages of H. aciculifer are not clearly known , probably because earlier records need verification . Indeed , the only record extant for the larval stage is from a forest rat , Praomys tullbergi sudanensis . Antelopes are known to be ...
... stages of H. aciculifer are not clearly known , probably because earlier records need verification . Indeed , the only record extant for the larval stage is from a forest rat , Praomys tullbergi sudanensis . Antelopes are known to be ...
Page 411
... stages , and 0.5-1.5 % concentrations nearly a complete kill of all stages of A. americanum on goats and cattle . DDT ( 1.5 % ) did not kill all the engorged forms . Moreover , at the same concentrations both chlordane and DDT gave ...
... stages , and 0.5-1.5 % concentrations nearly a complete kill of all stages of A. americanum on goats and cattle . DDT ( 1.5 % ) did not kill all the engorged forms . Moreover , at the same concentrations both chlordane and DDT gave ...
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