Coendangered hard-ticks: threatened or threatening? [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2011 The overwhelming majority of animal conservation projects are focused on vertebrates, despite most of the species on Earth being invertebrates. Estimates state that about half of all named species of invertebrates are parasitic in at least one stage of ...
Cozma Vasile +2 more
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Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of sheep and goats in Africa: A review [PDF]
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Ticks are leading vectors of economically important pathogens that affect small ruminants due to favourable climatic conditions across different regions of the African continent.
ThankGod E. Onyiche, Ewan Thomas MacLeod
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Molecular Diversity of Hard Tick Species from Selected Areas of a Wildlife-Livestock Interface Ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Morogoro Region, Tanzania [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Ticks are one of the most important arthropod vectors and reservoirs as they harbor a wide variety of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes, which can cause diseases in human and livestock.
Donath Damian +3 more
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Hard Ticks as Vectors: The Emerging Threat of Tick-Borne Diseases in India [PDF]
PathogensHard ticks (Ixodidae) play a critical role in transmitting various tick-borne diseases (TBDs), posing significant global threats to human and animal health. Climatic factors influence the abundance, diversity, and vectorial capacity of tick vectors.
Nandhini Perumalsamy +3 more
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Modeling the Distribution of Dominant Hard Ticks in Southeastern Coastal Areas of the Caspian Sea [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne DiseasesBackground: Ticks are hematophagous arthropods that have direct and indirect effects on hosts, including the transmission of pathogens. An environmental suitability study of some vector species of hard ticks was conducted using the MaxEnt model in the ...
Sedighe Nabian +3 more
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Hard ticks in Burmese amber with Australasian affinities. [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 AbstractThree examples of metastriate hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with apparent affinities to modern Australasian genera are described from the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Two nymphs of Bothriocroton muelleri sp. nov. represent the oldest (and only) fossil record of this genus, living members of which are restricted to ...
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Molecular detection and characterisation of Theileria in hard ticks of small ruminants in Zarrin Dasht County, Southern Iran [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023 Background Ticks are important ectoparasites of small ruminants in tropics and subtropics including Iran. They transmit serious zoonotic pathogens such as Babesia and Theileria.
Maliheh Norouzi +2 more
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Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks. [PDF]
Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2022 The synganglion is the central nervous system of ticks and, as such, controls tick physiology. It does so through the production and release of signaling molecules, many of which are neuropeptides. These peptides can function as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and/or neurohormones, although in most cases their functions remain to be established.
Waldman J +8 more
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Hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) of Croatia
ZooKeys, 2012 The present paper is based on original and literature data. In Croatia the first studies on the occurrence of ixodid species were made about 80 years ago.
Stjepan Krcmar
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A Versatile Model of Hard Tick Infestation on Laboratory Rabbits
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018 The use of live animals in tick research is crucial for a variety of experimental purposes including the maintenance of hard tick colonies in the laboratory. In ticks, all developmental stages (except egg) are hematophagous, and acquiring a blood-meal when attached to their vertebrate hosts is essential for the successful completion of their life cycle.
Consuelo Almazán +5 more
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