Taber's Medical Dictionary
Boophilus
(bō-ŏ′fil-ŭs )
[L. bos, ox, cow, Gr. philein, to love]
A genus of ticks that parasitizes humans, cattle, and other animals.
SEE: Ixodes
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Boophilus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732677/all/Boophilus.
Boophilus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732677/all/Boophilus. Accessed April 5, 2026.
Boophilus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732677/all/Boophilus
Boophilus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732677/all/Boophilus.
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