TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Lack of effect of immunity to crab chitin on tick infestations of rats and rabbits
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SP  - 127
EP  - 131
PY  - 1981
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Ackerman, S.
AU  - Skinner, J.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2861
DA  - 1981-07-31
KW  - Tick
KW  - host antiserum
KW  - crab chitin
AB  - The effects of administering crab chitin suspensions to rat or rabbit hosts either prior to or concurrently with experimental infestations of Dermacentor variabilis were examined. No significant differences were observed between controls and experimentals for tick attachment, engorgement, detachment or egg production. Direct injections of extracts of chitin or of host antiserum to chitin into female ticks did not affect viability.
ER -