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Patrick Vudriko1, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji2, James Okwee-Acai3

  • 1Department of Veterinary Pharmacy, Clinics and Comparative Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; Research Center for Ticks and Tick-borne Disease Control (RTC), College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-Cho, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Acaricide resistanceCypermethrinDeltamethrinRhipicephalus appendiculatusTicks

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