Striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, and other murid rodents as hosts for immature ixodid ticks in the Eastern Cape Province
Striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, were trapped over a period of 17 months in the Thomas Baines Nature Reserve, and placed in cages, over water, until all the ticks they harboured had detached. The mice were then returned to the reserve. Four ixodid tick species were recovered from the mice of whi...
| Published in: | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/251 |