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Vertical transmission of the entomopathogenic soil fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis as a contaminant of eggs in the winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus, collected from calf moose (New Hampshire, USA) [PDF]

Mycology, 2019
Moose naturally acquire soil fungi on their fur that are entomopathogenic to the winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus. Presumed to provide a measure of on-host tick control, it is unknown whether these soil fungi impact subsequent off-host stages of the ...
Jay A. Yoder, Benjamin M. Rodell, Lucas A. Klever, Cameron J. Dobrotka, Peter J. Pekins   +4 more
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Phenology of five tick species in the central Great Plains. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The states of Kansas and Oklahoma, in the central Great Plains, lie at the western periphery of the geographic distributions of several tick species. As the focus of most research on ticks and tick-borne diseases has been on Lyme disease which commonly ...
Eric Ng'eno, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Kellee Sundstrom, Marlon E Cobos, Hallee Belgum, Abigail Chitwood, Amber Grant, Alex Keck, Josiah Kloxin, Brayden Letterman, Megan Lineberry, Kristin McClung, Sydney Nippoldt, Sophia Sharum, Stefan Struble, Breanne Thomas, Anuradha Ghosh, Robert Brennan, Susan Little, A Townsend Peterson   +20 more
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Species identification of adult ixodid ticks by Raman spectroscopy of their feces [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Ticks and tick-borne diseases pose significant challenges to cattle production, thus the species identification of ticks and knowledge on their presence, abundance, and dispersal are necessary for the development of effective control measures.
Tianyi Dou, Aidan P. Holman, Samantha R. Hays, Taylor G. Donaldson, Nicolas Goff, Pete D. Teel, Dmitry Kurouski   +6 more
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Evaluation of acaricide treatments to experimentally reduce winter tick load on moose

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Quantifying the consequences of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) on the body condition and life‐history traits of moose (Alces alces) is a challenge due to several confounding factors.
Delphine De Pierre, Florent Déry, Anthony Asselin, Patrick A. Leighton, Steeve D. Côté, Jean‐Pierre Tremblay   +5 more
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Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks

Ecosphere
Observed links between parasites, such as ticks, and climate change have aroused concern for human health, wildlife population dynamics, and broader ecosystem effects.
Nicholas J. DeCesare, Richard B. Harris, M. Paul Atwood, Eric J. Bergman, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Paul C. Cross, Gary L. Fralick, Kent R. Hersey, Mark A. Hurley, Troy M. Koser, Rebecca L. Levine, Kevin L. Monteith, Jesse R. Newby, Collin J. Peterson, Samuel Robertson, Benjamin L. Wise   +15 more
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Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition

Ecosphere
Host species heterogeneity can drive parasite dynamics through variation in host competency as well as host abundance. We explored how elk (Cervus canadensis) with apparent subclinical infestations of winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) may be a cryptic
Troy Koser, Alynn Martin, Alyson Courtemanch, Laura Thompson, Benjamin Wise, Gary Fralick, Sarah Dewey, Amy Girard, Brandon Scurlock, Jared Rogerson, Kennan Oyen, Paul Cross   +11 more
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IxPopDyMod: an R package to write, run, and analyze tick population and infection dynamics models [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Given the increasing prevalence of tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, modeling the population and infection dynamics of tick vectors is an important public health tool.
Myles Stokowski, David Allen
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Science abhors a surveillance vacuum: Detection of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in southern New Mexico through passive surveillance. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Robust tick surveillance enhances diagnosis and prevention of tick-borne pathogens, yet surveillance efforts in the United States are highly uneven, resulting in large surveillance vacuums, one of which spans the state of New Mexico.
Paige R Harman, Nicole L Mendell, Maysee M Harman, Puck A Draney, Anna T Boyle, Matthew E Gompper, Teri J Orr, Donald H Bouyer, Pete D Teel, Kathryn A Hanley   +9 more
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Environmental factors determining the survival of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) at different life stages in Québec, Canada

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Ticks are responsible for large economic losses because of their impact on livestock and wildlife. In recent years, winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) have caused mass mortalities in moose (alces) populations of North America, leading to host ...
Morgane Le Goff, Christian Dussault, Julien H. Richard, Steeve D. Côté   +3 more
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GROOMING AND RUBBING BEHAVIOR BY MOOSE EXPERIMENTALLY INFESTED WITH WINTER TICKS (DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS)

Alces, 2019
Rates of grooming, rubbing, and shaking were observed of 12 moose (Alces alces) infested with 4 levels of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) and 5 uninfested control animals. Modes of grooming varied among moose and occurred with the tongue, hind feet,
Edward M. Addison, Douglas J.H. Fraser, Robert F. McLaughlin   +2 more
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