0 If a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood. --
The length, width and weight of adult ticks and the scutum length of adult females were linearly related to their weight as an engorged nymph.
Scatter points show the engorged weight of each female.
The capacity of immature instars which successfully engorged on rabbits to complete metamorphosis was not affected by the host immune response.
An antiserum raised in a rabbit against partially engorged salivary glands was used as a probe.
Any apparently engorged tick that required more effort to remove was considered not to have completed feeding and was not collected.
Partially engorged females that were not re-fed were maintained for oviposition.
Ticks were considered fully engorged by their size, shape and colour, and when they could be easily dislodged with one fingertip.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that even large larval infestations are likely to yield very few engorged adult ticks.
