Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago -- an overview /
Basu, Asoka Kumar,
Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago -- an overview / Asoke K. Basu, Roxanne A. Charles. - London : Academic Press, 2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Front Cover -- Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago-An Overview -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A General Account of Ticks -- Systematic Position -- Characteristic Features of the Taxa -- Phylum Arthropoda -- Class Arachnida -- Order Acari (Acarina) -- Suborder Ixodida -- Family Argasidae -- Family Ixodidae -- General Identification Characters of the Tick Genera Present in Trinidad and Tobago -- Genus Argas -- Genus Ornithodoros -- Genus Amblyomma -- Genus Dermacentor -- Genus Haemaphysalis -- Genus Ixodes -- Genus Rhipicephalus -- Importance of Ticks -- Site of Attachment on Hosts -- Common Names of Ticks -- Genus Amblyomma -- Genus Argas (Soft multihost tick) -- Genus Dermacentor -- Genus Haemaphysalis -- Genus Hyalomma#x93; -- Genus Ixodes -- Genus Margaropus -- Genus Ornithodoros -- Genus Otobius -- Genus Rhipicephalus -- General Morphology of Ticks -- External Structures -- The Integument -- Body Segmentation -- The Capitulum (Head or Gnathosoma) -- The Idiosoma (or Body) -- Internal Structures -- The Alimentary Canal -- Respiratory Organs -- Heart, Arterial Vessels, Sinuses, and Hemocoel -- Reproductive Organs -- Female -- Male -- The Ganglia and Nerve Trunks -- Habits and General Life History of Ticks -- Life Cycle of Hard Ticks -- The Stages of Life Cycle -- Pattern of egg laying -- Life Cycle of Soft Ticks -- Feeding mechanism of Ticks -- Seasonal Activity of Ticks -- Methods of Tick Control -- Chemical Methods of Tick Control -- Biological Methods of Tick Control -- Immune Response -- Vaccines Against Ticks -- Collection and Preservation -- Collection -- Preservation -- Procedure for Egg Counting -- 2 Ticks in the Caribbean Region -- 3 Tick Species Present in Trinidad and Tobago -- Identification Characters, Distribution, Hosts, and Disease Transmission of Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago. The Soft Ticks -- Hard Ticks -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover.
0128097515 9780128097519
Ticks--Trinidad and Tobago.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
Ticks.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Electronic books.
SB854.6.T7
595.4/290972983
Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago -- an overview / Asoke K. Basu, Roxanne A. Charles. - London : Academic Press, 2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Front Cover -- Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago-An Overview -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A General Account of Ticks -- Systematic Position -- Characteristic Features of the Taxa -- Phylum Arthropoda -- Class Arachnida -- Order Acari (Acarina) -- Suborder Ixodida -- Family Argasidae -- Family Ixodidae -- General Identification Characters of the Tick Genera Present in Trinidad and Tobago -- Genus Argas -- Genus Ornithodoros -- Genus Amblyomma -- Genus Dermacentor -- Genus Haemaphysalis -- Genus Ixodes -- Genus Rhipicephalus -- Importance of Ticks -- Site of Attachment on Hosts -- Common Names of Ticks -- Genus Amblyomma -- Genus Argas (Soft multihost tick) -- Genus Dermacentor -- Genus Haemaphysalis -- Genus Hyalomma#x93; -- Genus Ixodes -- Genus Margaropus -- Genus Ornithodoros -- Genus Otobius -- Genus Rhipicephalus -- General Morphology of Ticks -- External Structures -- The Integument -- Body Segmentation -- The Capitulum (Head or Gnathosoma) -- The Idiosoma (or Body) -- Internal Structures -- The Alimentary Canal -- Respiratory Organs -- Heart, Arterial Vessels, Sinuses, and Hemocoel -- Reproductive Organs -- Female -- Male -- The Ganglia and Nerve Trunks -- Habits and General Life History of Ticks -- Life Cycle of Hard Ticks -- The Stages of Life Cycle -- Pattern of egg laying -- Life Cycle of Soft Ticks -- Feeding mechanism of Ticks -- Seasonal Activity of Ticks -- Methods of Tick Control -- Chemical Methods of Tick Control -- Biological Methods of Tick Control -- Immune Response -- Vaccines Against Ticks -- Collection and Preservation -- Collection -- Preservation -- Procedure for Egg Counting -- 2 Ticks in the Caribbean Region -- 3 Tick Species Present in Trinidad and Tobago -- Identification Characters, Distribution, Hosts, and Disease Transmission of Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago. The Soft Ticks -- Hard Ticks -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover.
0128097515 9780128097519
Ticks--Trinidad and Tobago.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
Ticks.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Electronic books.
SB854.6.T7
595.4/290972983