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Brown ticks are important vectors of animal and human diseases, but are very difficult to identify. This highly illustrated reference volume provides keys for all known stages of each species. With descriptions of hosts, distributions, and disease transmission, it is the definitive reference work on this genus.

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' … a detailed 'everything about brown ticks' … it is easy and logical to use, and has enormous amount of information.' Seppo Koponen and Ritva Niemi, Entomologica Fennica

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Relationships of the ticks (Ixodida) and definition of the genus Rhipicephalus; Format for accounts of different species; Glossary; Rhipicephalus species names of the world; Species occurring in the Afrotropical region; Species occurring outside the Afrotropical region; Species groups based on the immature stages; The transmission of tick-borne diseases by Rhipicephalus species; Index.

The Genus Rhipicephalus Acari Ixodidae A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521019774
      978-0521019774
      ISBN-10 052101977X
      Also in:
      Veterinary bacteriology, virology, parasitology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brown ticks are important vectors of animal and human diseases, but are very difficult to identify. This highly illustrated reference volume provides keys for all known stages of each species. With descriptions of hosts, distributions, and disease transmission, it is the definitive reference work on this genus.

      Trade Review
      ' … a detailed 'everything about brown ticks' … it is easy and logical to use, and has enormous amount of information.' Seppo Koponen and Ritva Niemi, Entomologica Fennica

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Introduction; Relationships of the ticks (Ixodida) and definition of the genus Rhipicephalus; Format for accounts of different species; Glossary; Rhipicephalus species names of the world; Species occurring in the Afrotropical region; Species occurring outside the Afrotropical region; Species groups based on the immature stages; The transmission of tick-borne diseases by Rhipicephalus species; Index.

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