Observations on the relation of light to the dropping of the tick, <i>Ixodes texallus</i> Banks
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<i>Ixodes texallus</i>Abstract
Six ferrets were infested with large numbers of nymphs or larvae of the tick <i>Ixodes texallus</i> Banks. The animals were caged separately and subjected to various regimes of continuous light and darkness, from 9 days to 5, 4, and 2 days, and normal photoperiods. Nearly all the engorged ticks dropped from the hosts in the dark.
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