A preliminary study of the distribution of Ixodes dammini and the occurrence of Lyme Disease on Mount Desert Island, Maine
Stockwell A. 1990. A preliminary study of the distribution of Ixodes dammini and the occurrence of Lyme Disease on Mount Desert Island, Maine. College of the Atlantic
INSECTS & ARACHNIDS: Serum samples were taken from 140 dogs on Mount Desert Island and antibodies to the Lyme Disease spirochete were detected in 7% of them. Also notes that 5 species of ticks were found on pet dogs: Ixodes dammini, I. angustus, I. muris, Dermacentor variabilis, and Rhiphicephalus sanguineus /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND GIS : Insects: Maps the collection localities of ticks on Mount Desert Island
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Stockwell, A.B.
- Date of Issue
- 1990
- Publisher
- College of the Atlantic
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Arachnids (Arachnida), Distribution, Lyme Disease, Mites & Ticks (Acarina), Mount Desert Island, thesis