Toxic effect of endocytobionts fromDermacentor reticulatus ticks in three tick species after in vivo application

Abstract
The endocytobionts from ovaries of partially engorged femaleDermacentor reticulatus ticks, inoculated intracoelomally into females of three tick species,D. reticulatus, Ixodes ricinus andHaemaphysalis inermis, caused considerable morphological alterations in the examined cells and tissues of the synganglion, fat body, tracheal complex and ovary of these recipients.