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Efficacy of Unregulated Minimum Risk Products to Kill and Repel Ticks

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases
Human-biting ticks threaten public health in the United States. Registration by the Environmental Protection Agency of products to kill host-seeking ticks or repel ticks contacting humans is indicative of their safety and effectiveness.
Lars Eisen
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Epi Update for Friday, June 2, 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Weekly Newsletter for the Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology of the Iowa Department of Public ...

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Autocrine/paracrine dopamine in the salivary glands of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Insect Physiology, 2014
Dopamine (DA) is known to be the most potent activator of tick salivary secretion, which is an essential component of successful tick feeding. We examined the quantitative changes of catecholamines using a method coupling high-pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD).
Juraj, Koči   +2 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

open access: yesAdvances 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   +4 more
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Husbandry Practice and Performances of Local and Crossbred Dairy Cows in Kacha Birra District, Central Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
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Ticks From Mink and Their Associated Microorganisms in Spain

open access: yesTransboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Wildlife is an important source of emerging zoonotic agents, including tick‐borne ones. Wild carnivores such as mink are commonly parasitized by ticks, which are vectors and reservoirs of zoonotic diseases. Besides the importance of these arthropods as potential sources of diseases in mink, and the role of these mammals as reservoirs of infectious ...
Ana M. Palomar   +10 more
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Participatory Epidemiological Study of Endemic Bovine Diseases Among Gnyangatom and Dasenech Pastoralists, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

open access: yesVeterinary 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lawn mowing frequency in suburban areas has no detectable effect on Borrelia spp. vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Forests have become increasingly fragmented throughout the US, with residential development serving as the primary driver of these changes. These altered landscapes have provided suitable conditions for a broad range of wildlife, including blacklegged ...
Susannah B Lerman, Vincent D'Amico
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Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

open access: yesPathogens, 2020
Songbirds widely disperse ticks that carry a diversity of pathogens, some of which are pathogenic to humans. Among ticks commonly removed from songbirds, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, can harbor any combination of nine zoonotic pathogens ...
John D. Scott   +3 more
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Vector-Borne Disease 2016 Annual Surveillance Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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