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dc.contributor.author | Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936![]() |
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dc.contributor.editor | Transvaal Department of Agriculture | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-03T06:33:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-12-03T06:33:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1909 | |
dc.description | The journals have been scanned with a SupraScan 10000RGB scanner; 24-bit true colour, 400 dpi, saved in TIFF-format. Copies of the master images have been converted to Black & White, 1-bitmap images and OCRed with ABBYY Fine Reader v.9 software. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Resume: 1. A temperature of 0 C. retards the hatching of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphae into adults. 2. A temperature of 0 C. does not interfere with the development of the parasite within the engorged nymphae. 3. A temperature of 0 C. does not kill the virus contained in engorged nymphae of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. 4. Larval ticks of Rhipicephalus decoloratus die within thirty minutes when exposed to a temperature of -18 C. 5. Larval ticks of Rhipicephalus decoloratus do not die when exposed to a temperature of -18 C. for fifteen minutes. 6. Larval ticks of Rhip1:cephalus decoloratus do not die when exposed to a temperature of -5 C. for twenty-four hours. 7. The majority of larval ticks of Rhipicephalus decoloratus die when exposed to a temperature 6f -5 C. for forty-eight hours. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Equine Research Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria gave financial support to this digitisation project. | en |
dc.format.extent | Reports consists of 4 pages. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Theiler, A 1909, 'The influence of cold on ticks and piroplasma parvum', Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist for the year 1907-1908, pp. 10-13. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12159 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Pretoria: Government Printer and Stationery Office | en |
dc.rights | © Transvaal Dept. of Agriculture (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary reports | en |
dc.subject | South Africa | en |
dc.subject | Temperature | en |
dc.subject | Rhipicephalus decoloratus | en |
dc.subject | Rhipicephalus appendiculatus | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- History -- South Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Babesiosis -- South Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ticks as carriers of disease | en |
dc.title | The influence of cold on ticks and Piroplasma parvum | en |
dc.type | Technical Report | en |