Population Dynamics of Off-Host Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae in Response to Habitat and Seasonality in South Texas

The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini), is an economically destructive arthropod because of its ability to vector bovine babesiosis. It is known that cattle ticks can spend 80–90% of their lifecycle as questing larvae, yet the effect of climatic factors on their off-host behavior and...

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Autores principales: Leal, Brenda, Thomas, Donald B., Dearth, Robert K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29570655
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020033

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29570655
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020033

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