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USDA Agricultural Research Service, Animal Disease Eradication Division 1963. Exotic ticks found on imported rhinoceros (SWR). Report of Cooperative Tick Eradication Activities (published 15 August): page 6.

Exotic ticks found on imported rhinoceros (SWR)

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Location North America Subject Veterinary Species White Rhino (simum)

Two dead male ticks found on one Southern White rhinoceros imported from Umfolozi Game Reserve in September 1962 and housed at the Catskill Game Farm.

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