A first record of paralysis of a deer by <i>Dermacentor andersoni</i> Stiles and notes on the "host-potential" of deer in British Columbia

Authors

  • P. R. Wilkinson Research station Canada Department of Agriculture, Kamloops, B.C.

Keywords:

<i>Dermacentor andersoni</i>, tick paralysis, deer

Abstract

n/a

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2019-08-26

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Vol. 62 (1965): Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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