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Argas persicus, also known as fowl tick or poultry tick, is a small soft-bodied tick that is found primarily on domestic fowl such as chickens, ducks, and geese. It was first recorded by Lorenz Oken in 1818 in Mianeh, Persia, [1] [2] and named Rhynochoprion persicum. Argas persicus appears yellowish-brown when starved and slatey-blue when ...
Argas persicus, the fowl tick, is a major pest of poultry birds. The tampan ticks within the Ornithodoros moubata complex of species infest domestic pigs and also feed on humans. Ornithodoros savignyi is often found in large numbers at enclosures where camels and cattle are herded. Many species of argasid soft ticks are adapted to live in the ...
Argas abdussalami Hoogstraal & McCarthy, 1965; Argas acinus Whittick, 1938; Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, Kaiser, Walker, Ledger, Converse & Rice, 1975; Argas ...
The currently accepted genera are Antricola, Argas, Nothoaspis, Ornithodoros, and Otobius. [1] The Argasidae are very common in South Asia, along with 96 other species of ticks, making South Asia the region with the highest biodiversity of ticks worldwide. [2] Soft ticks are resistant to desiccation and can live for several years in arid ...
The company was founded in 1973 and was officially named Argas Persicus Ltd, and it is trading as Topdeck Travel. The name was a reference to the turkey tick (Argas persicus), due to the founders having met in veterinary school.
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Boophilus calcaratus persicus Minning, 1936 ; Boophilus decoloratus calcaratus Alessandrini, 1917 ; Boophilus margaropus annulatus Giroud et al., 1963 ; Boophilus palestinensis Kishida, 1939; Boophilus persicus Kishida, 1939; Boophilus schulzei Minning, 1934 ; Boophilus (Boophilus) calcaratus balcanicus Minning, 1934 ; Boophilus (Boophilus ...
Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.