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Published on: February 4, 2018
Passive surveillance for ticks on horses in Saskatchewan
Gili Schvartz1, Tasha Epp1, Hilary J Burgess1
1Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Schvartz, Epp, Lohmann), Department of Veterinary Pathology (Burgess), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4; Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2 (Chilton, Armstrong).
Abstract:
Passive surveillance of ticks on horses in Saskatchewan revealed that the horses were parasitized by 3 species, Dermacentor albipictus, D. andersoni, and D. variabilis. The nymphs and adults of D. albipictus occurred on horses earlier in the year than did adults of the 2 other species.
