Laboratory investigations on the life-cycle of Rhipicephalus theileri Bedford & Hewitt, 1925 (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae)

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Neitz, W.O.
Walters, H.S.
Boughton, F.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria

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Detailed data on the rearing of the progeny of a single R. theileri female for 7 generations at 25 to 26°C and 85 to 90% RH are presented in a series of tables and a figure. The average duration of the lifecycle is 491 days. The reason for the mortality rate of 96% of the immature stages in all batches during the prefeeding, feeding and premoulting stages is obscure.

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Veterinary medicine

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Neitz, WO, Boughton, F & Walters, HS 1972, 'Laboratory investigations on the life-cycle of Rhipicephalus theileri Bedford & Hewitt, 1925 (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 117-122.