Tick pheromones

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Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa)
Gothe, R.

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Pretoria : Government Printer

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According to their activity profiles tick pheromones can be characterized as assembly pheromones, aggregation/attachment pheromones, pre-attachment or pre-feeding pheromones, attractant sex pheromones, contact sex pheromones, fecundity-reducing pheromone and various ungrouped pheromones. This paper gives a short review of the chemical characteristics, biological roles, and activity periods as well as the sites of production and release of tick pheromones.

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Veterinary medicine

Sustainable Development Goals

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Gothe, R 1987, 'Tick pheromones’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 439-441.