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Evaluation of a semi-automated in vitro feeding system for Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus adults

The long feeding duration of ixodid ticks and need for regular blood changes turns the artificial feeding of ticks into a tedious process. To reduce the number of blood changes, a semi-automated system (SAS) for the artificial feeding of hard ticks was developed and evaluated. It consisted of a glas...

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Autores principales: Böhme, Bettina, Krull, Christoph, Clausen, Peter-Henning, Nijhof, Ard M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29297094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5648-y