Predation of free-living engorged female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
dc.contributor.author | Mwangi Esther N | |
dc.contributor.author | Newson RM. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaaya Godwin P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-18T06:39:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-18T06:39:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Exp Appl Acarol. 1991 Oct;12(3-4):153-62. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1773676 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35271 | |
dc.description.abstract | In experiments done over a period of 1 1/2 years using engorged female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tethered in a grass plot, 42% predation was observed in long grass (40-60 cm), and 36% in short grass (6-10 cm). Deaths due to environmental factors were 4.8% and 6.8% in long and short grass, respectively. Six groups of animals were confirmed to be predators of the ticks, namely: ants, spiders, rodents, birds, lizards and shrews. The implications of these results in making tick population models, and the possibility of using predators in integrated tick-control packages are discussed | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Predation of free-living engorged female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of Biological Sciences | en |