The developmental success of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum on the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis.

Dower, Kathy M.; Petney, T.N.; Horak, Ivan Gerard

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dc.contributor.author	Dower, Kathy M.
dc.contributor.author	Petney, T.N.
dc.contributor.editor	Bigalke, R.D.
dc.contributor.upauthor	Horak, Ivan Gerard
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-07T10:30:28Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-07T10:30:28Z
dc.date.created	2014
dc.date.issued	1988
dc.description	The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.	en
dc.description.abstract	The success of natural infestations of various life history stages of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum on the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, was compared. Success was measured by the time taken for ticks to detach, as well as the percentage of ticks engorging and subsequently either moulting to the next life history stage or laying viable eggs. Larvae of A. hebraeum were the only developmental stage not recovered. Nymphae and female A. hebraeum were less successful in moulting or laying eggs than the corresponding stages of A. marmoreum. Nevertheless, 48,7 % of A. hebraeum nymphae moulted, while 1 of 6 females laid viable eggs.	en
dc.description.librarian	lmchunu2014	en
dc.description.librarian	mn2014
dc.identifier.citation	Dower, KM, Petney, TN & Horak, IG 1988, 'The developmental success of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum on the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis.', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 11-13.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0330-2465
dc.identifier.other	7102989086
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42274
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Pretoria : Government Printer	en
dc.rights	©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).	en
dc.subject	Veterinary medicine	en
dc.subject	Amblyomma marmoreum	en_ZA
dc.subject	Leopard tortoise
dc.subject.lcsh	Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title	The developmental success of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum on the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis.	en
dc.type	Article	en