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1 July 1990 Factors Influencing the Potential Establishment of the Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus) in Alaska
Randall L. Zarnke, W. M. Samuel, Albert W. Franzmann, Richard Barrett
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Abstract

The winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) is not known to occur in Alaska. Survival and development of free-living (i.e., nonhost-associated) stages of the tick were studied at three sites in central and southern Alaska. Female ticks survived, oviposited, and eggs hatched at all sites. Hatch success was low at one site where summer temperatures were low. Results suggest that establishment of winter ticks in Alaska following accidental translocation is possible, but several factors would affect such establishment.

Randall L. Zarnke, W. M. Samuel, Albert W. Franzmann, and Richard Barrett "Factors Influencing the Potential Establishment of the Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus) in Alaska," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(3), 412-415, (1 July 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.412
Received: 9 May 1988; Published: 1 July 1990
KEYWORDS
Acari
Alaska
Dermacentor albipictus
epizootiology
experimental field study
tick survival and development
winter tick
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