TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN THE BODY OF ORNITHODOROS PAPILLIPES DURING BLOODSUCKING,

Abstract

The act of bloodsucking in the ticks O. papillipes can be divided into three successive phases: The phase of settlement, adherence by suction, and engorgement. Each phase can be realized only at a specific body temperature of the tick. The low temperature limit for the first phase is a temperature of 13C, for the second and third phases -- 23C. At low temperatures the periods for engorgement are sharply prolonged, which permits the transfer of ticks by the hosts for considerable distances from their initial biotopes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625644

Entities

People

  • I. V. Neuimin

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Biological Sciences
  • Body Temperature
  • Climate Change
  • Low Temperature
  • Ticks

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.