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Tick burden in Bos taurus cattle and its relationship with heat stress in three agroecological zones in the tropics of Colombia

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Ticks have a negative effect on dairy and beef cattle production systems around the world, with the concomitant risk they represent for the transmission of some important infectious diseases.
Juan Felipe Rocha, Rodrigo Martínez, Nicolas López-Villalobos, Steve Todd Morris   +3 more
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Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard, also known as the grouse or bird tick, is a three-host tick native to North America. Literature from the early 20th century reported a widespread distribution of this tick across the US and Canada.
Andrea Egizi, Lauren P. Maestas
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of a novel ß-adrenergic octopamine receptor-like gene (ßAOR-like) and increased ATP-binding cassette B10 (ABCB10) expression in a Rhipicephalus microplus cell line derived from acaricide-resistant ticks [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an economically important parasite of livestock. Effective control of ticks using acaricides is threatened by the emergence of resistance to many existing compounds. Several continuous R.
Bell-Sakyi, Lesley, Cooper, Katherine, Jonsson, Nicholas N., Koh-Tan, Han Hui, Strachan, Erin   +4 more
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Shoot transcriptome of the giant reed, Arundo donax

Data in Brief, 2015
The giant reed, Arundo donax, is a perennial grass species that has become an invasive plant in many countries. Expansive stands of A. donax have significant negative impacts on available water resources and efforts are underway to identify biological ...
Roberto A. Barrero, Felix D. Guerrero, Paula Moolhuijzen, John A. Goolsby, Jason Tidwell, Stanley E. Bellgard, Matthew I. Bellgard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination with Recombinant Subolesin Antigens Provides Cross-Tick Species Protection in Bos indicus and Crossbred Cattle in Uganda

Vaccines, 2020
Cattle tick infestations and transmitted pathogens affect animal health, production and welfare with an impact on cattle industry in tropical and subtropical countries.
Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, Fredrick Kabi, Swidiq Mugerwa, José de la Fuente   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification, Distribution, and Habitat Suitability Models of Ixodid Tick Species in Cattle in Eastern Bhutan

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Tick infestation is the most reported parasitological problem in cattle in Bhutan. In May and June 2019, we collected ticks from 240 cattle in two districts of Eastern Bhutan.
Jamyang Namgyal, Tim J. Lysyk, Isabelle Couloigner, Sylvia Checkley, Ratna B. Gurung, Tenzin Tenzin, Sithar Dorjee, Susan C. Cork   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 more
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Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin as an effective vaccine antigen to protect against cattle tick infestations

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Vaccination as a control method against the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus has been practiced since the introduction of two products in the mid-1990s.
Felix D Guerrero, Renato Andreotti, Kylie G Bendele, Rodrigo C Cunha, Robert J Miller, Kathleen Yeater, Adalberto A Pérez de León   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of Anaplasma marginale Seroprevalence in a Traditionally Managed Large California Beef Herd. [PDF]

, 2016
Recent observations by stakeholders suggested that ecosystem changes may be driving an increased incidence of bovine erythrocytic anaplasmosis, resulting in a reemerging cattle disease in California.
Aly, Sharif S, Davy, Josh S, Foley, Janet E, Maas, John, Tucker, Thomas R   +4 more
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Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Ticks and tick-borne diseases cause significant loss in livestock production with about 80% world's cattle at risk. The cost of chemical control is high and there is an ever-increasing tick resistance to chemical acaricides.
Oswald Matika, Sarah Foster, Naftaly Githaka, Gad Owido, Collins Ngetich, Charles Mwendia, Helen Brown, John Caulfield, Kellie Watson, Appolinaire Djikeng, Michael Birkett   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source