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Artificial Feeding Technique for Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the Transmission of Theileria parva from the Salivary Secretion

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Nuttall and Hindle1 were the first to suggest that Theileria parva, which is the causal organism of East Coast fever in cattle, develops to the infective stage in its common tick vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, only after the ingestion of blood by the tick. This finding was supported by Cowdry and Ham2 and, more recently, by Martin et al.3, who found the greatest numbers of parasites in salivary glands after 4 days of feeding although they did observe parasites in the glands after as little as 24 h. Infectivity therefore seems to be dependent on the feeding process.

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    R. E. PURNELL & L. P. JOYNER

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PURNELL, R., JOYNER, L. Artificial Feeding Technique for Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the Transmission of Theileria parva from the Salivary Secretion. Nature 216, 484–485 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216484a0

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