The tick abundance (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in sumatran rhino way kambas national park lampung and its role in diseases transmitting to sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

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: rhinoceros, ticks.

agent transmitted ticks. Introduction

rhinoceros

is highly protected Conclusion

Park, as wild and ticks were considered

Disease agent transmits blood protozoa

could the Sumatran rhinoceros in

The ectoparasite

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ticks-at Acknowledgement

researched research was

ticks on rhino Sumatran Rhino

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