Browsing 1996 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 63, 1996 by Subject "Ticks as carriers of disease"

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Adult ixodid ticks on two cattle breeds in the south-western Free State, and their seasonal dynamics

Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Heyne, Heloise; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1996)

A study was conducted to compare the species of adult ixodid ticks on Friesian and Bonsmara cattle and their seasonal dynamics. Between five and ten animals of each breed were kept on natural False Upper Karoo vegetation, ...
Seasonal dynamics of the Karoo paralysis tick (Ixodes rubicundus): a comparative study on Merino and Dorper sheep

Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1996)

Karoo paralysis in South Africa is induced in livestock by feeding female Ixodes rubicundus ticks when infestation densities on hosts exceed certain critical levels. It has been shown previously that Angora goats are at a ...
Spatial and temporal variations in the commencement of seasonal activity in the Karoo paralysis tick, Ixodes rubicundus

Horak, Ivan Gerard; Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1996)

Successful prophylaxis of paralysis, induced in small stock by feeding female Ixodes rubicundus, is dependent on the accurate determination of the commencement of seasonal activity by the tick. The commencement of this ...

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