The ecology of the African vectors of heartwater, with particular reference to Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum
| dc.contributor.author | Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Petney, T.N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rechav, Y. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Bigalke, R.D. | |
| dc.contributor.upauthor | Horak, Ivan Gerard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-20T10:14:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-20T10:14:00Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2014 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
| 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_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The hosts, sites of attachment, life cycle, habitat requirements and seasonal abundance of Amblyomma astrion, Amblyomma cohaerens, Amblyomma gemma, Amblyomma hebraeum, Amblyomma lepidum, Amblyomma marmoreum, Amblyomma pomposum, Amblyomma sparsum, Amblyomma tholloni and Amblyomma variegatum, the 10 potential vectors of heartwater in Africa, are listed. Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of the ticks as well as interactions with other species and the role of predators and pathogens are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | lmchunu2014 | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | mn2014 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Petney, TN, Horak, IG & Rechav, Y 1987, 'The ecology of the African vectors of heartwater, with particular reference to Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 381-395. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 7102989086 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42680 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Pretoria : Government Printer | en_US |
| dc.rights | ©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en_US |
| dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Heartwater -- South Africa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary parasitology | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The ecology of the African vectors of heartwater, with particular reference to Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Heartwater : past, present and future : proceedings of a workshop held at Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, on 8-16 September 1986 | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |