title: Resistance and cross-resistance in guinea-pigs and rabbits to immature stages of ixodid ticks.
abstract: Infestation of guinea-pigs and rabbits with larvae of any one of five species of ticks, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neumann, Amblyomma hebrauem Koch, Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius and Ixodes ricinus L., conferred resistance in the animals when exposed to subsequent infestations with the same tick species. Resistance to infestations by other tick species was not observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Medunsa.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rechav
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heller-Haupt
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Varma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007814:Larva / Q000276:immunology; D009758:Nymph / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D013045:Species Specificity; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary