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Infecção por riquétsias em carrapatos de aves silvestres em duas ecorregiões da Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Borges Costa, Francisco, Diaz, Luis Adrian, Flores, Fernando Sebastián, Labruna, Marcelo Bahía, Nava, Santiago   +4 more
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Performance Evaluation of Different Blood Levels of Crossbred Dorper Sheep and Farmers’ Perception Toward Crossbred Dorper Sheep in Central South Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
This study evaluates the growth performance of Dorper × indigenous crossbred sheep under semi‐intensive management system and assesses farmers’ perceptions toward these crossbred lambs in southern Ethiopia. Performance data, namely, birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), and average daily weight gain from birth to weaning (ADG0‐3), were collected ...
Kebede Habtegiorgis, Deribe Gemiyo, Ayele Abebe, Addisu Jimma, Xinqing Xiao   +4 more
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The effectiveness of permethrin-treated deer stations for control of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis on Cape Cod and the islands: a five-year experiment

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The use of animal host-targeted pesticide application to control blacklegged ticks, which transmit the Lyme disease bacterium between wildlife hosts and humans, is receiving increased attention as an approach to Lyme disease risk management ...
Jason S Grear, Robert Koethe, Bart Hoskins, Robert Hillger, Larry Dapsis, Montira Pongsiri   +5 more
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Multiflora rose invasion amplifies prevalence of Lyme disease pathogen, but not necessarily Lyme disease risk

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Forests in urban landscapes differ from their rural counterparts in ways that may alter vector-borne disease dynamics. In urban forest fragments, tick-borne pathogen prevalence is not well characterized; mitigating disease risk in densely ...
Solny A. Adalsteinsson, W. Gregory Shriver, Andrias Hojgaard, Jacob L. Bowman, Dustin Brisson, Vincent D’Amico, Jeffrey J. Buler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vector-Borne Disease Weekly Surveillance Report, August 4, 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
The Iowa Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Weekly Surveillance Report summarizes cases of vector-borne disease cases in Iowa such as West Nile virus, Dengue and ...

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Husbandry Practice and Performances of Local and Crossbred Dairy Cows in Kacha Birra District, Central Ethiopia

International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The study was conducted with the objective of assessing the smallholder dairy cattle production practices and constraints in Kacha Birra district, Central Ethiopia. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the study kebeles and households in the district. A total of 162 households were interviewed in the study.
Melese Gebre, Seifu Birhanu, Yilkal Tadele, Giovanni Buonaiuto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential diseases and parasites of white-tailed deer in Missouri (2013) [PDF]

, 2013
White-tailed deer are susceptible to a variety of diseases, parasites and injuries. Although these conditions do not account for a large percentage of annual statewide deer mortality (typically less than 5 percent), in some situations disease or parasite
Flinn, Emily, Pierce, Robert A., II
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Strain-Dependent Assessment of Powassan Virus Transmission to Ixodes scapularis Ticks

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Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne encephalitic virus in Lyme disease-endemic sites in North America. Due to range expansion and local intensification of blacklegged tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) populations in the northeastern and upper ...
Rebekah J. McMinn, Emily N. Gallichotte, Samantha Courtney, Sam R. Telford, Gregory D. Ebel   +4 more
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Participatory Epidemiological Study of Endemic Bovine Diseases Among Gnyangatom and Dasenech Pastoralists, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
A community‐based cross‐sectional study was conducted, in which participatory appraisal methods were applied to validate Dasenech and Gnyangatom pastoralists’ existing veterinary knowledge on endemic diseases and to determine their perception of rank, morbidity, and mortality of the disease.
Yebelayhun Mulugeta, Debele Hordofa, Defar Elias, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco   +3 more
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A Study on Indigenous Knowledge on Animal Disease and Medicinal Plants Used in Animal Disease Management in Benatsemay Woreda, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The study was conducted in South Omo Zone, Benatsemay Woreda of South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia from July 2023 to June 2024 to assess and document the indigenous knowledge on animal disease and medicinal plants used to manage animal diseases.
Asrat Solomon Kenasew, Yebelayhun Mulugeta Tesfaye, Bakalo Basa Langana, Mulugeta Kusa Masha, Abdelfattah Selim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source