Acarologia (1997) 38, 39-41

J.-P. Cornet (1997)
Contribution a l'etude des tiques (Acarina : Ixodina) vectrices du virus de la fievre hemorragique de Crimee-Congo (CCHF), au Senegal. 3 - Rhipicephalus guilhoni Morel et Vassilliades, variation de la taille en fonction de la charge parasitaire. Consequences epidemiologiques
Acarologia 38 (1), 39-41
Abstract: The higher the number of ticks located on one host, the smaller will be the size of the adults collected. The number of eggs laid will be reduced, with a consequential affect on the spreading of the virus. On a rabbit, 5 larvae were placed at one site and 15 at another: the average length of the adults collected was respectively, 3.03 mm and 2.97 mm. On another rabbit the length of the adults obtained from 5 larvae at one site was 2.80 mm, and 2:47 mm for 200 larvae from the other.
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(original language: French)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhipicephalus guilhoni		Senegal