Srivastava P S, Sharma N N
Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med. 1976 Mar;29(3):241-8. doi: 10.1080/09553007614550271.
Unfed and engorged adults of the cattle tick Hyalomma anatolicum, known to be biological vector of Theileria anmulata in India, were exposed to various levels of gamma-radiation from 0-60 000 R, and the effect on engorgement and redproduction was observed. The radiation tolerance limit for unfed adults is 1000 R for engorgement and reproduction. The sterilizing dose for most of the males is 2000 R but the females can tolerate a slightly higher dose. Engorged females have a tolerance limit of 10 000 R for oviposition and 1000 R for larval development. Higher dosages (20 000-60 000 R) have adverse effects on development, completely inhibiting egg-laying at 60 000 R, but these females (60 000 R) live longer (10 weeks) than those irradiated at lower levels.
已知印度的安纳托利亚璃眼蜱是环形泰勒虫的生物传播媒介，对未进食和饱血的成年蜱虫进行0至60000拉德不同水平的伽马辐射，并观察其对饱血和繁殖的影响。未进食成年蜱虫饱血和繁殖的辐射耐受极限为1000拉德。大多数雄性蜱虫的绝育剂量为2000拉德，但雌性蜱虫能耐受稍高剂量。饱血雌蜱产卵的耐受极限为10000拉德，幼虫发育的耐受极限为1000拉德。较高剂量（20000至60000拉德）对发育有不利影响，60000拉德时完全抑制产卵，但这些接受60000拉德辐射的雌蜱（60000拉德）比接受较低水平辐射的雌蜱寿命更长（10周）。
