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Cross-resistance between instars of the brown ear-tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina: Ixodidae)
B H Fivaz1, S Tucker, T Petney
1Department Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Experimental & Applied Acarology
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Repeated and cross-infestation of rabbits with the larvae, nymphae and adults of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus showed that significant cross-resistance occurs between larvae and nymphae, and nymphae and adults. The implications of these findings in the field situation are discussed.