Sites of Attachment of Amblyomma americanum1 to Cattle
- 15 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 75 (3) , 222-223
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/75.3.222
Abstract
More than 50% of larvae of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), were attached to skin on the head and ears of woodlot-pastured cattle in eastern Oklahoma. Nymphs were the least discriminate life stage when choosing attachment sites, but were observed principally on the inside surface of the auditory pinna, the foreflank-foreleg region, the udder-rearleg region, and the neck. About 91 and 94% of females and males, respectively, attached to the brisket-foreleg-foreflank areas on the front of the cow and to the udder-rearleg-escutcheon-tailhead areas on the rear of the cow. There was significant correlation between the distributions of males and females on the host's body.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Slow-Release Devices for Livestock Insect Control: Cattle Body Surfaces Contacted by Five Types of Devices1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1977
- Biology of the Lone Star Tick in the Laboratory1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1948