Transcriptomic Analysis of Salivary Glands of Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923, the Agent of a Neotropical Tick-Toxicosis Syndrome in Humans [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Tick salivary glands produce and secrete a variety of compounds that modulate host responses and ensure a successful blood meal. Despite great progress made in the identification of ticks salivary compounds in recent years, there is still a paucity of ...
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Comprehensive analysis of the global impact and distribution of tick paralysis, a deadly neurological yet fully reversible condition. [PDF]
Clin Microbiol RevTick paralysis is a potentially fatal condition caused by neurotoxins secreted by the salivary glands of certain ticks. Documented cases have been reported worldwide, predominantly in the United States, Canada, and Australia, with additional reports from
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Successful management of fipronil toxicosis in two pet rabbits. [PDF]
Open Vet J, 2022 Background: Antiparasitic drug toxicosis is commonly described in dogs and cats, but reports on the management of antiparasitic drug toxicities in pet rabbits are scarce.
d'Ovidio D, Cortellini S.
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Are ticks venomous animals? [PDF]
Front Zool, 2014 [Introduction]: As an ecological adaptation venoms have evolved independently in several species of Metazoa. As haematophagous arthropods ticks are mainly considered as ectoparasites due to directly feeding on the skin of animal hosts. Ticks are of major
Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ.
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Tick holocyclotoxins trigger host paralysis by presynaptic inhibition. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Ticks are important vectors of pathogens and secreted neurotoxins with approximately 69 out of 692 tick species having the ability to induce severe toxicoses in their hosts. The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is known to be one of the most
Chand KK +8 more
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Causes of Mortality and Disease in Rabbits and Hares: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2020 P. 1-17In this study we determined the causes of mortality and disease in a total of 325 lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) in northern Spain between 2000 and 2018.
Espinosa J +7 more
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Chemical Equilibrium at the Tick-Host Feeding Interface:A Critical Examination of Biological Relevance in Hematophagous Behavior. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2019 Ticks secrete hundreds to thousands of proteins into the feeding site, that presumably all play important functions in the modulation of host defense mechanisms.
Mans BJ.
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Meta-analysis of heritability estimates and genome-wide association for tick-borne haemoparasites in African cattle. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2023 Riggio V +8 more
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The Major Tick Salivary Gland Proteins and Toxins from the Soft Tick, Ornithodoros savignyi, Are Part of the Tick Lipocalin Family: Implications for the Origins of Tick Toxicoses [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2003 The origins of tick toxicoses remain a subject of controversy because no molecular data are yet available to study the evolution of tick-derived toxins. In this study we describe the molecular structure of toxins from the soft tick, Ornithodoros savignyi. The tick salivary gland proteins (TSGPs) are four highly abundant proteins proposed to play a role
Ben J, Mans +2 more
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Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of sheep and goats in Africa: A Review [PDF]
, 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.
MacLeod, Ewan T, Onyiche, Thankgod E.
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