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IXODES BOVIS

\ˈa͡ɪksə͡ʊdz bˈə͡ʊvɪs], \ˈa‍ɪksə‍ʊdz bˈə‍ʊvɪs], \ˈaɪ_k_s_əʊ_d_z b_ˈəʊ_v_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of IXODES BOVIS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Syn.: Margaropus annulatus, Boophilus bovis. The cattle tick of North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Japan. The female sucks the blood of cattle and infects them with Babesia bigeminum, the parasite of Texas cattle fever.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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