Toyota, Masanori
Hirama, Kyoko
Suzuki, Tatsumi
Armstrong, Rob https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2974-4161
Okinaga, Tatsuyuki
Article History
Received: 13 November 2018
Accepted: 8 January 2019
First Online: 18 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present studies (tick rearing and dog challenge) were conducted in accordance with laboratory animal care principles established by the Intervet K. K. Animal Care and Use Committee (2006) based on the Japanese authority guideline for animal welfare.
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