Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa)Gothe, R.Bigalke, R.D.2014-11-282014-11-2820141987Gothe, R 1987, 'Tick pheromones’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 439-441.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42705The 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.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.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaHeartwater -- South AfricaArticle