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Fleas and lesions in armadillo osteoderms
Armadillos are bitten by several species of flea. Females of the genus Tunga penetrate the epidermis and when in place are fertilised by males, after which the abdomen swells enormously to form a ‘neosome’. Within the penetrans group, T. perforans, makes lesions that perforate the osteoderms within...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10184550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36862639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13842 |