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The Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Bm86 gene plays a critical role in the fitness of ticks fed on cattle during acute Babesia bovis infection

Parasites & Vectors, 2010
Background Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an economically important tick of cattle involved in the transmission of Babesia bovis, the etiological agent of bovine babesiosis. Commercial anti-tick vaccines based on the R.
Knowles Donald P, Ueti Massaro W, Bastos Reginaldo G, Scoles Glen A   +3 more
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Opportunities for integrated pest management to control the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae [PDF]

, 2011
Dermanyssus gallinae is the most economically important ectoparasite of laying hens in Europe. Control of D. gallinae is already hampered by issues of pesticide resistance and product withdrawal and, with the prohibition of conventional cages in 2012 and
COSOROABA I., D.R. George, D.W.J. Harrington, DAVEY R.B., J.H. Guy, O.A.E. Sparagano, PATHAK D., STEENBERG T., STEENBERG T., VAN EMOUS R., WOJCIK A.R., ZOONS J.   +11 more
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A cross-sectional survey of hard ticks and molecular characterization of Rhipicephalus microplus parasitizing domestic animals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background In tropical and subtropical countries, tick infestation causes major public health problems and considerable financial losses to the livestock industry.
Muhammad Rooman, Yasir Assad, Sadia Tabassum, Samia Sultan, Sultan Ayaz, Muhammad Fiaz Khan, Shahid Niaz Khan, Rehman Ali   +7 more
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Ticks on domestic animals in Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Carrapatos em animais domésticos em Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2009
The objective of this article was to discuss some aspects of ticks associated with domestic animals in the State of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, based on a literature review and present new data obtained from recent tick collections carried out in ...
Filipe Dantas-Torres
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Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Musoke, A Musoke, AR Trimnell, AR Trimnell, AR Walker, AS Bowman, AS Young, AS Young, B Minjauw, C Almazán, C Almazán, C Almazán, C Almazán, CA Ferreira, Cassandra L. Olds, CL Schwartzkoff, Claudia Daubenberger, David O. Odongo, DO Odongo, DO Odongo, G Büscher, GC Paesen, GJ Rowlands, Glen A. Scoles, H Ochanda, I Couillin, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Katende, JD Hunt, JD Hunt, JG Valenzuela, JH Pruett, JM Ribeiro, JO Adejinmi, K Bailey, KM Kocan, M Labuda, M Saimo, M Shakya, MP Szabó, NA Steen, NH Ogden, O Merino, O Merino, P Willadsen, P Willadsen, P Willadsen, PG Toye, R Bishop, R Bishop, RA Skilton, RAI Norval, RC Galindo, Richard Bishop, S Havlíková, SK Wikel, Stephen Mwaura, T Bazarusanga, T Schetters, TT Dolan, V Nene, Z Zivkovic   +65 more
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Risk factors related to resistance to Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and weight gain of heifers

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2015
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of age and genetics in dairy heifers on resistance to the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and correlate these parameters with weight gain.
Jenevaldo Barbosa da Silva , José Diomedes Barbosa , Adivaldo Henrique Fonseca   +2 more
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Exon-intron structure and sequence variation of the calreticulin gene among Rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Calreticulin proteins (CRTs) are important components of tick saliva, which is involved in the blood meal success, pathogen transmission and host allergic responses.
Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Iatta, Roberta, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Otranto, Domenico, Porretta, Daniele, Urbanelli, Sandra   +6 more
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In Vitro and In Silico Protocols for the Assessment of Anti-Tick Compounds from Pinus roxburghii against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks

Animals, 2023
Pinus roxburghii, also known by the name “Himalayan chir pine,” belongs to the Pinaceae family. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick is one of the most significant bovine ectoparasites, making it a major vector of economically important tick-borne ...
Sana Ayub, Nosheen Malak, Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar, Nasreen Nasreen, Afshan Khan, Sadaf Niaz, Adil Khan, Abdallah D. Alanazi, Mourad Ben Said   +8 more
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Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
Bovine anaplasmosis is caused by cattle infection with the tick-borne bacterium, Anaplasma marginale. The major surface protein 1a (MSP1a) has been used as a genetic marker for identifying A.
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, de la Fuente, José, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Ferrolho, Joana, Grubhoffer, Libor, Kenneil, Rachel, Kocan, Katherine M., Lis, Katarzyna, Passos, Lygia M. F., Pohl, Anna E., Ribeiro, Mucio F. B., Shkap, Varda, Tonk, Miray, Valdés, James J., Zweygarth, Erich   +14 more
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New insights from molecular characterization of the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
The Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus complex currently consists of five taxa, namely R. australis, R. annulatus, R. (B.) microplus clade A sensu, R. microplus clade B sensu, and R. (B.) microplus clade C sensu.
Bárbara Guimarães Csordas, Marcos Valério Garcia, Rodrigo Casquero Cunha, Poliana Fernanda Giachetto, Isabella Maiumi Zaidan Blecha, Renato Andreotti   +5 more
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