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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: A Review of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests in Ethiopia and East Africa, With Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Climate change significantly threatens global agriculture, with East Africa, particularly Ethiopia, being highly vulnerable due to its reliance on rain‐fed farming. This review investigates the effects of climate change on plant diseases and insect pests, underscoring the urgent need for adaptation and mitigation measures. Ethiopia’s observable climate
Alemu Nega, Ijaz Ahmad
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Circadian regulation of locomotion, respiration, and arousability in adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

Scientific Reports
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is an ectoparasitic arachnid and vector for infectious diseases, including Lyme borreliosis. Here, we investigate the diurnal activity and respiration of wild-caught and lab-reared adult ticks with long-term video
Jack P. Marshall, Emily Marinko, Amber To, Jilian L. Morejon, Ritika Joshi, Jamien Shea, Allen G. Gibbs, Matthew R. Meiselman   +7 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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Efficacy of Unregulated Minimum Risk Products to Kill and Repel Ticks

Emerging 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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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
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Ticks From Mink and Their Associated Microorganisms in Spain

Transboundary 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, Aránzazu Portillo, Asunción Gómez, Madis Põdra, Paula Santibáñez, Cristina Cervera-Acedo, Sonia Santibáñez, Elena López, Manena Fayos, José A. Oteo, Yongguo Cao   +10 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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Lawn mowing frequency in suburban areas has no detectable effect on Borrelia spp. vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).

PLoS 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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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
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Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

Pathogens, 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, Emily L. Pascoe, Muhammad S. Sajid, Janet E. Foley   +3 more
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