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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF CATTLE TICK INFESTATIONS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

Archives of Veterinary Medicine
Cattle farming is a vital component of the South African agricultural landscape through its contribution to sustainable livelihoods and stability of the national economy.
TEEDZAI CHITURA, ANGELA KGOPA, Obert Tada   +2 more
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Assessment of acquired immune response to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick infestation in different goat breeds [PDF]

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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Simultaneous infestations in dogs by different tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) in two areas of the Western Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Although there are reports on many species of ticks infesting dogs, including from the Amazon region, simultaneous infestations by different species are poorly discussed in the literature.
Ivaneide Nunes da Costa, Marcos Valério Garcia, Vanessa Paiva dos Santos, Natalia Vitória Coelho Costa, Angélica Lorena Pereira Mendes Carioca, Renato Andreotti, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, André de Abreu Rangel Aguirre   +7 more
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Evolution of tick vaccinology

Parasitology
Ticks represent a major concern for society worldwide. Ticks are also difficult to control, and vaccines represent the most efficacious, safe, economically feasible and environmentally sustainable intervention.
José de la Fuente, Srikant Ghosh, Ala Tabor   +2 more
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TICK INFESTATION- A 200 PATIENTS SERIES [PDF]

African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
A great number of zoonotic diseases with high mortality rate are transmitted by ticks. We performed this study in order to investigate patients admitted to emergency department following a tick bite. We examined the patients and get knowledge about the infestation and we followed up them for possible tick-conducted disease symptoms and laboratory ...
Güven, Oya, Satılmış, Dilay, Sönmez, Feruza Turan, Demir, Bilgehan, Erdoğan, Özgür   +4 more
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Immunological profiles of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle infested with the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus [PDF]

, 2009
The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is a major threat to the improvement of cattle production in tropical and subtropical countries worldwide.
Emily K. Piper, Bos Taurusimmunological Profiles Of, Jonsson, N., Piper, Emily K., Jackson, L.A., Vance, M., Paula Moolhuijzen, Piper, E., Gondro, C., Ala E. Lew-tabor, Louise A. Jackson, Lew-Tabor, Ala E., Vance, M.E., Ala E, Cedric Gondro, Lew-Tabor, A.E., Vance, Megan E., Nicholas N. Jonsson, Lew-Tabor, A., Moolhuijzen, Paula, Megan E. Vance, Lew-Tabor, A. ., Moolhuijzen, P., Jonsson, N.N., A. Jackson, Jackson, L., Jonsson, Nicholas N., Gondro, Cedric, Piper, E.K., Jackson, Louise A., Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland   +30 more
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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.
Scoles, Glen A., Stephen Mwaura, Odongo, David O., Glen A. Scoles, David O. Odongo, Olds, Cassandra L., David Odongo (3497480), Richard Bishop (59737), Richard Bishop, Claudia Daubenberger (212658), Glen Scoles (3448283), Daubenberger, Claudia, Stephen Mwaura (3485219), Bishop, Richard, Cassandra L. Olds, Mwaura, Stephen, Claudia Daubenberger, Cassandra Olds (3485216), Daubenberger C, Bishop R, Mwaura S, Olds CL, Odongo DO, Scoles GA   +23 more
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Oral vaccine formulation combining tick Subolesin with heat inactivated mycobacteria provides control of cross-species cattle tick infestations

, 2022
Tick vaccines are necessary as part of a One Health approach for the control of tick infestations and tick-borne diseases. Subolesin (SUB, also known as 4D8) is a tick protective antigen that has shown efficacy in vaccine formulations for the control of ...
Fuente, José de la, Garrido, Joseba M., Gortázar, Christian, Contreras, Marinela, Kasaija, Paul D., Kabi, Fredrick, Mugerwa, Swidiq, Swidiq Mugerwa, Fredrick Kabi, Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, José de la Fuente, Joseba M. Garrido, Christian Gortazar   +13 more
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Tick and flea infestations in captive Tapirus terrestris and Tapirus kabomani (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
The present study aimed to identify tick and flea species infesting captive tapirs (Tapirus terrestris and Tapirus kabomani) in the Brazilian Amazon.
Thamirys de Souza Gonçalves, Francisco Dantas Sampaio-Júnior, Pedro Henrique Marques Barrozo, Diana Maria de Farias, Larissa Borges Alves, Elda Ely Gomes de Souza, Adriano Bezerra de Aguiar, Breno William Batista Nery, Ana Paula Gering, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Alessandra Scofield   +11 more
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Towards integrated control of East Cost fever, a devastating disease of cattle [PDF]

, 2013
Infection of cattle with the tick-borne apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva results in the fatal lympho-proliferative disease known as East Coast fever (ECF).
Olds, Cassandra Leah
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