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Malaria Journal, 2018 Background Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying protect against indoor-biting and indoor-resting mosquitoes but are largely ineffective for early-biting and outdoor-biting malaria vectors. Complementary tools are, therefore,
Arnold S. Mmbando +5 more
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Malaria Journal, 2020 Background In Dielmo, Senegal, the widespread use of long-lasting insecticidal nets has decreased both the incidence of malaria and the density of the Anopheles population.
Souleymane Doucoure +6 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background The transmission of mosquito-borne pathogens is strongly influenced by the contact rates between mosquitoes and susceptible hosts. The biting rates of mosquitoes depend on different factors including the mosquito species and host-related ...
Rafael Gutiérrez-López +4 more
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Malaria Journal, 2019 Background Push–pull strategies have been proposed as options to complement primary malaria prevention tools, indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), by targeting particularly early-night biting and outdoor ...
Arnold S. Mmbando +10 more
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Malaria Journal, 2019 Background Effective malaria surveillance requires detailed assessments of mosquitoes biting indoors, where interventions such as insecticide-treated nets work best, and outdoors, where other interventions may be required.
Alex J. Limwagu +10 more
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Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of avian trypanosomes
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Although avian trypanosomes are widespread parasites, the knowledge of their vectors is still incomplete. Despite biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are considered as potential vectors of avian trypanosomes, their role in transmission ...
Milena Svobodová +3 more
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Irish pig farmer’s perceptions and experiences of tail and ear biting
Porcine Health Management, 2019 Abnormal behaviours such as ear and tail biting of pigs is of significant welfare and economic concern. Currently, pig welfare legislation is under renewed focus by the EU commission and is likely to be enforced more thoroughly. The legislation prohibits
Amy Haigh, Keelin O’Driscoll
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Animal, 2018 Tail biting in domestic pigs relates to a range of risk factors, primarily in the pigs’ environment. Preventive tail docking is widely used, and various experimental approaches suggest that docking reduces the risk of tail biting.
K. Thodberg +3 more
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Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Experimental and comparative studies suggest that the striped coats of zebras can prevent biting fly attacks. Biting flies are serious pests of livestock that cause economic losses in animal production.
Tomoki Kojima +10 more
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Video Analysis Using Deep Learning for Automated Quantification of Ear Biting in Pigs
IEEE Access, 2023 Ear biting is a welfare challenge in commercial pig farming. Pigs sustain injuries at the bite site paving the way for bacterial infections. Early detection and management of this behavior are important to enhance animal health and welfare, increase ...
Anicetus Odo +3 more
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