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Length and density of filiform tongue papillae: differences between tick-susceptible and resistant cattle may affect tick loads

BACKGROUND: Indicine breeds of bovines are highly resistant and taurine breeds are susceptible to the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, a species which causes great damage to livestock. Animals use their tongues for self-grooming, an important behavior for ridding themselves of ectoparasites. Ho...

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Autores principales: Veríssimo, Cecília José, D’Agostino, Selma Marques, Pessoa, Fernanda Ferreira, de Toledo, Luciandra Macedo, de Miranda Santos, Isabel Kinney Ferreira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1196-4