Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana reduce the survival of Xenopsylla brasiliensis larvae (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). [PDF]
, 2012 Entomopathogenic fungi, particularly those belonging to the genera Metarhizium and Beauveria have shown great promise as arthropod vector control tools. These agents, however, have not been evaluated against flea vectors of plague.
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Variation in innate immunity in relation to ectoparasite load, age and season : a field experiment in great tits (Parus major) [PDF]
, 2010 It remains largely unknown which factors affect the innate immune responses of free-living birds. Nevertheless, the degree of innate immunity may play a crucial role in an individual's survival as it procures the first defence against pathogens.
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Microbiology, 1985 Summary: Ruder heads stand amazed at these prodigeous pieces of nature, whales, elephants, dromedaries, and camels; these, I confess, are the colossus and majestick pieces of her hand; but in these narrow engines there is more curious mathematicks; and the civility of these little citizens more easily sets forth the wisdom of their Maker.
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Ectoparasitic Arthropods Collected From Some Northern Ohio Mammals [PDF]
, 2017 Ectoparasitic arthropods were collected from some fur-bearing mammals in northern Ohio. Specimens representing seven mammalian species were examined and found to collectively harbor acarines, fleas, and biting lice.
Johnston, Scott A, Rockett, C. Lee
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Wood Ducks as Accidental Hosts of the Squirrel Flea, \u3ci\u3eOrchopeas Howardi\u3c/i\u3e (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) On 21 May 1985, two recently hatched wood ducklings, Aix sponsa (L.), brought to the McHenry County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Woodstock, Illinois, were inspected for ...
Baumgartner, Donald L, Kane, Andrea
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, 1999 The emergence of a direction of time in statistical mechanics from an underlying time-reversal-invariant dynamics is explained by examining a simple model.
Aashish A. Clerk +2 more
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Gene dynamics of toll-like receptor 4 through a population bottleneck in an insular population of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgments We would like to thank all colleagues who have contributed to fieldwork and sampling during this study. We would especially like to thank Marius Wenzel and Sandra Telfer for collaboration with different aspects of the study, and Dave ...
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Flea‘in Around: A Look at the Identification, Preservation, Clearing, and Mounting of Siphonaptera [PDF]
, 2018 Fleas are remarkable and highly specialized insects, with no part of their external anatomy being easily mistaken for that of any other insect. Due to their small size, the subtle differences among the distinguishing morphological characteristics of each
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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]
, 2017 Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael +8 more
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Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr ...
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