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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. trophic relationships
  3. heterotrophs
  4. parasites
  5. ectoparasites
  6. ticks
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. trophic relationships
  3. heterotrophs
  4. parasites
  5. ectoparasites
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. heterotrophs
  4. parasites
  5. ectoparasites
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. pests
  4. parasites
  5. ectoparasites
  6. ticks
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. laboratory animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. laboratory animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. vertebrates
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. vertebrates
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Fields of Study
  2. aquatic animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. aquatic animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Fields of Study
  2. aquatic animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. aquatic animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. aquatic animals
  3. fish
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. invertebrates
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animals
  3. invertebrates
  4. arthropods
  5. hematophagous arthropods
  6. ticks

Preferred term

ticks

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • bird ticks
  • cattle ticks
  • Ixodoidea
  • Metastigmata

Scope note

  • Includes common types of ticks; For taxonomic classification SEE Ixodida.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/525

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