IN-VITRO ACARICIDAL EFFECTS OF JATROPHA CURCASMETHANOL SEED OIL EXTRACT ON RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) DECOLORATUSLARVAE AND ITS TOXICITY ON RABBITS
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 General Background to the Study Ticks are obligatory blood-sucking arachnid arthropods infesting a wide variety of animals including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. They are vectors of disease agents (babesia, cowdria, anaplasma, etc) causing anaemia, dermatitis, paralysis, otocariasis as well as loss of production (Schimdt and Roberts, 1989). Two Families of ticks are well known and of veterinary importance, Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks) (Sonenshine, ...
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