Resistance and cross-resistance in guinea-pigs and rabbits to immature stages of ixodid ticks |
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| Authors: | Y RECHAV A HELLER-HAUPT M G R VARMA |
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| Institution: | Department of Biology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Medunsa. |
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| Abstract: | Infestation of guinea-pigs and rabbits with larvae of any one of five species of ticks, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neumann, Amblyomma hebrauem Koch, Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius and Ixodes ricinus L., conferred resistance in the animals when exposed to subsequent infestations with the same tick species. Resistance to infestations by other tick species was not observed. |
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| Keywords: | Acquired resistance cross-resistance immature ticks guinea-pigs rabbits |
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