The development of a sampling method for the tick Ixodes ricinus and its use in a redwater fever area
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Applied Biology
- Vol. 101 (3) , 421-427
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1982.tb00842.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: Tick sampling methods based on blanket dragging and flagging were assessed with a view to carrying out a tick survey in an area of endemic babesiosis. The strip‐flag method was finally selected for its efficiency, consistency, and practicality.This method was used to sample larval tick populations on ten farms with endemic babesiosis and it was found that these farms harboured very low densities of ticks compared with a control site. Possible explanations for this finding are discussed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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