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Cross-resistance between instars of the brown eartickRhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina: Ixodidae)

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Repeated and cross-infestation of rabbits with the larvae, nymphae and adults ofRhipicephalus appendiculatus showed that significant cross-resistance occurs between larvae and nymphae, and nymphae and adults. The implications of these findings in the field situation are discussed.

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  1. Tick Research Unit, Department Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, 6140, Grahamstown, South Africa

    Bruce H. Fivaz, Sandra Tucker & Trevor Petney

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Fivaz, B.H., Tucker, S. & Petney, T. Cross-resistance between instars of the brown eartickRhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acarina: Ixodidae). Exp Appl Acarol 11, 323–326 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01202879

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