Bat ticks of the genus Argas (ixodoidea: Argasidae)

Argas (Persicargas) streptopelia (Ixodoidea: argasidae) on migrating and resident doves in Senegal.

Argas (Persica?-gas) streptopelia Kaiser, Hoogstraal, & Horner (1970), was described from collections from doves in South-West Africa, Sudan, Egypt, and Cyprus. The data presented here show that this tick also parasitizes resident and migrating doves in Senegal, West Africa. Single larvae ’were taken from 3 northward-migrating Strepfopelia tiwtiy subsp. on 17 Mar., 16 Apr., and 9 May 1969. The ...

The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).

Prevalence of Borrelia anserina in Argas Ticks

Borrelia anserina is a pathogen of high importance in poultry industry which causes fowl spirocheatosis. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of Borrelia anserina in poultry soft ticks, Argas persicus collected from birds and poultry farms. A total of 1500 ticks were collected from poultry farms located in Faisalabad and Kamalia, Pakistan. B. anserina was isolated using BSK-H med...

The ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Paraguay.

The ticks reported in Paraguay, which are here reviewed, can be categorized as 'endemic or established' (Argas persicus or a sibling species, Ornithodoros hasei, O. rostratus, O. rudis, O. talaje/O. puertoricensis, Amblyomma aureolatum, Am. auricularium, Am. brasiliense, Am. cajennense, Am. calcaratum, Am. coelebs, Am. dissimile, Am. dubitatum, Am. incisum, Am. longirostre, Am. nodosum, Am. ova...

Contribution to the study of digestion in ticks: histology and fine structure of the midgut ephithelium of Ornithodorus moubata, Murray (Ixodoidea, Argasidae).

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