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Biology of the non-parasitic phase of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in an area of Amazon influence [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is the most important tick species affecting cattle in the world. Under field conditions, the non-parasitic phase of R. (B.) microplus is unknown in the Amazon biome, including Brazil.
Daniela P. Sales, Marcelo H. S. Silva-Junior, Caio P. Tavares, Isabella C. Sousa, Dauana M. Sousa, Danilo R. B. Brito, André M. Camargo, Romário Cerqueira Leite, J. L. H. Faccini, Welber D. Z. Lopes, Marcelo B. Labruna, Hermes R. Luz, Livio M. Costa-Junior   +12 more
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High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2019
The southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is the most economically important ectoparasite of cattle worldwide. A limitation for sustainable control and eradication is the emergence of acaricide resistance among tick populations.
Guilherme Marcondes Klafke, Jason P Tidwell, Donald B Thomas   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Transovarial Transmission of Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks Results in a Bottleneck for Strain Diversity. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
Anaplasma marginale is an obligate intraerythrocytic bacterium of bovines, responsible for large economic losses worldwide. It is mainly transmitted by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks and, despite mounting evidence suggesting transovarial ...
de la Fournière S, Guillemi EC, Paoletta MS, Pérez A, Obregón D, Cabezas-Cruz A, Sarmiento NF, Farber MD.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Characterization of the bacterial microbiome of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from Pecari tajacu "Sajino" Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Ticks are arthropods that can host and transmit pathogens to wild animals, domestic animals, and even humans. The bacterial microbiome of adult (males and females) and nymph Rhipicephalus microplus ticks collected from a collared peccary, Pecari tajacu ...
Rojas-Jaimes J, Lindo-Seminario D, Correa-Núñez G, Diringer B.   +3 more
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Climate change implications for the distribution of the babesiosis and anaplasmosis tick vector, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. [PDF]

Vet Res, 2020
Climate change ranks among the most important issues globally, affecting geographic distributions of vectors and pathogens, and inducing losses in livestock production among many other damaging effects.
Marques R, Krüger RF, Peterson AT, de Melo LF, Vicenzi N, Jiménez-García D.   +5 more
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Brazil's battle against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks: current strategies and future directions. [PDF]

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet
Ticks are parasitic arthropods that cause significant economic losses to livestock production worldwide. Although Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, the cattle tick, occurs throughout the Brazilian territory, there is no official program to control ...
Klafke GM, Golo PS, Monteiro CMO, Costa-Júnior LM, Reck J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Competição intraespecífica em Boophilus microplus Intra-specific competition in Boophilus microplus [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2002
O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido no Campo Experimental da Embrapa Gado de Leite, Coronel Pacheco, Minas Gerais, Brasil, tendo como objetivo a verificação da ocorrência de competição intra-específica durante a fase parasitária do carrapato bovino ...
Andreia Passos dos Santos, John Furlong
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Terpenes on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: Acaricidal activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition

Veterinary Parasitology, 2020
The Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick is the main ectoparasite of cattle in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Resistance to chemical acaricides has become widespread affirming the need for new drugs to tick control.
Kevin B Temeyer, Adalberto A Pérez De León, Lívio Martins Costa Júnior   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

A countrywide molecular survey leads to a seminal identification of the invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Cameroon, a decade after it was reported in Cote d'Ivoire. [PDF]

Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2019
The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is the most important arthropod vector of livestock diseases globally. Since its introduction in West Africa a decade ago, it has been reported in Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria with ...
Silatsa BA, Kuiate JR, Njiokou F, Simo G, Feussom JK, Tunrayo A, Amzati GS, Bett B, Bishop R, Githaka N, Opiyo SO, Djikeng A, Pelle R.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Detoxification mechanisms involved in ivermectin resistance in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2018
The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is one of the most important ectoparasites with great sanitary and economic impact for cattle rearing worldwide.
Le Gall VL, Klafke GM, Torres TT.
europepmc   +2 more sources