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Repellent Activities of Essential Oils of Some Plants Used Traditionally to Control the Brown Ear Tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2014
Essential oils of eight plants, selected after an ethnobotanical survey conducted in Bukusu community in Bungoma County, western Kenya (Tagetes minuta, Tithonia diversifolia, Juniperus procera, Solanecio mannii, Senna didymobotrya, Lantana camara ...
Wycliffe Wanzala, Ahmed Hassanali, Wolfgang Richard Mukabana, Willem Takken   +3 more
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Molecular survey of cattle ticks in Burundi: First report on the presence of the invasive Rhipicephalus microplus tick.

PLoS ONE, 2021
A recent research study on prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Burundi reported high prevalence and endemicity of Theileria parva, Anaplasma marginale and Babesia bigemina infections in cattle. Detailed information about tick species infesting animals,
Lionel Nyabongo, David O Odongo, Gad Milton, Eunice Machuka, Patrick Vudriko, Roger Pelle, Esther G Kanduma   +6 more
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Assessment of acquired immune response to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick infestation in different goat breeds

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2013
Changes in serum gamma globulin levels, numbers of replete female ticks and engorged tick mass were used as parameters to monitor the acquired immune response (antibody mediated immune response) elicited by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adult tick ...
Jeyanthi B.P. Gopalraj, Francoise C. Clarke, Edward F. Donkin   +2 more
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In-vitro efficacy of solanum incanum on Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, 2022
Abstract Herbal remedies have a long history of use for tick control. Solanum incanum ripe fruits are locally used to manage ticks. In this study, the effect of S. incanum fruit extracts on egg hatchability, inhibition of oviposition and larval mortality of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks was investigated. The reproductive efficiency of eggs
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Transovarial passage and transmission of LSDV by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus [PDF]

Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2013
Lumpy skin disease (LSD), an acute, sub-acute or inapparent disease of cattle, is caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), a member of the genus Capripoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. LSD is characterised by high fever, formation of circumscribed skin lesions and ulcerative lesions on the mucous membranes of the mouth, respiratory and digestive ...
Lubinga, Jimmy Clement, Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M., Coetzer, Jacobus A.W., Stoltsz, Wilhelm Heinrich, Venter, Estelle Hildegard   +4 more
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Preliminary survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2008
In a preliminary survey conducted in 2005, the species composition and seasonality of ticks infesting cattle in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan was determined.
D.A. Salih, I.I. Julla, S.M. Hassan, A.M. El Hussein, F. Jongejan   +4 more
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Assessment of an In Vitro Tick Feeding System for the Successful Feeding of Adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Ticks

Parasitologia, 2023
This study assessed the efficiency of a new in vitro tick feeding system for the adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick and compared the impact of different blood anticoagulating factors on their feeding process.
Btissam Asri, Djamel Tahir, Alec Evans, Leon Nicolaas Meyer, Abdelkbir Rhalem, Mohammed Bouslikhane, Massaro Ueti, Maxime Madder   +7 more
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Rhipicephalus microplus cystatin as a potential cross-protective tick vaccine against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2020
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the brown ear tick, is an important disease vector of livestock in eastern, central and southern Africa. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus acaricide resistance requires the search for alternative methods for its control. Cystatins constitute a superfamily of cysteine peptidase inhibitors vital for tick blood feeding and ...
Parizi, Luís Fernando, Rangel, Carolina Konrdörfer, Sabadin, Gabriela Alves, Saggin, Bianca Fagundes, Kiio, Irene, Xavier, Marina Amaral, da Silva Matos, Renata, Camargo-Mathias, Maria Izabel, Seixas, Adriana, Konnai, Satoru, Ohashi, Kazuhiko, Githaka, Naftaly Wang'ombe, da Silva Vaz, Itabajara   +12 more
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Acaricide efficiency of amitraz / cypermethrin and abamectin pour-on preparations in game

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2005
The efficacy of an amitraz / cypermethrin pour-on preparation (1 % w/v each) was tested against natural tick infestations of buffaloes, eland and blesbok in three separate trials.
J.S. Van der Merwe, F.J. Smit, A.M. Durand, L.P. Kruger, L.M. Michael   +4 more
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Tick infestation, and udder and teat damage in selected cattle herds of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine tick infestation, and udder and teat damage in 286 lactating cows and heifers at six properties in the smallholder and commercial sectors in Gwanda district of Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe ...
D.N. Ndhlovu, P.V. Makaya, B.L. Penzhorn
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