Tick infestation patterns in free ranging African buffalo (Syncercus caffer): Effects of host innate immunity and niche segregation among tick species☆
Ticks are of vast importance to livestock health, and contribute to conflicts between wildlife conservation and agricultural interests; but factors driving tick infestation patterns on wild hosts are not well understood. We studied tick infestation patterns on free-ranging African buffalo (Syncercus...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3862501/ |