Electrophoretic and antigenic comparisons of the ixodid ticks Amblyomma maculatum and A. americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)
Abstract
Disc gel electrophoretic patterns of female and male Amblyomma maculatum Koch extracts are similar but not identical. A comparison of combined male-female A. americanum (L.) with male and female A. maculatum extracts suggests that several common proteins exist. Sera from rabbits immunized with unfed male A. maculatum extract formed a precipitin band with both male and female A. maculatum antigens as well as the combined male-female A. americanum antigens. However, sera from calves immunized with unfed male and female A. maculatum gave no detectable precipitin reactions.
DOI
10.2307/3494678Citation
McGowan, M. J., Homer, J. T., & Barker, R. W. (1982). Electrophoretic and antigenic comparisons of the ixodid ticks Amblyomma maculatum and A. americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). Florida Entomologist, 65(4), 447-452. https://doi.org/10.2307/3494678