Movement patterns of nilgai antelope in South Texas: Implications for cattle fever tick management.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.08.002
Abstract: Wildlife, both native and introduced, can harbor and spread diseases of importance to the livestock industry. Describing movement patterns of such wildlife is essential to formulate effective disease management strategies. Nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) are… read more here.
Keywords: south texas; cattle fever; movement; management ... See more keywords
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Larvae Collected From Vegetation in the Coastal Wildlife Corridor of Southern Texas and Research Solutions for Integrated Eradication
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa002
Abstract: Abstract The potential for reinvasion of the United States by cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini), which remain established in Mexico, threatens the viability of the domestic livestock industry because these… read more here.
Keywords: eradication; cattle fever; rhipicephalus boophilus; fever tick ... See more keywords
The Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, as a Model for Forward Pharmacology to Elucidate Kinin GPCR Function in the Acari
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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01008
Abstract: The success of the acaricide amitraz, a ligand of the tick tyramine/octopamine receptor (a G protein-coupled receptor; GPCR), stimulated interest on arthropod-specific GPCRs as targets to control tick populations. This search advances tick physiology because… read more here.
Keywords: cattle fever; tick; function; pharmacology ... See more keywords
Effects of Drought and Media-Reported Violence on Cattle Fever Tick Incursions
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00373
Abstract: Ectoparasites, such as cattle fever ticks, and the diseases they carry pose a risk to the global cattle population in reduced productivity and in livability. Tick infestations carry significant economic implications through losses in productivity,… read more here.
Keywords: violence; cattle fever; reported violence; fever ticks ... See more keywords
Research on Integrated Management for Cattle Fever Ticks and Bovine Babesiosis in the United States and Mexico: Current Status and Opportunities for Binational Coordination
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9110871
Abstract: Bovine babesiosis is a reportable transboundary animal disease caused by Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in the Americas where these apicomplexan protozoa are transmitted by the invasive cattle fever ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus… read more here.
Keywords: bovine babesiosis; cattle fever; research; fever ticks ... See more keywords
Efficacy Evaluation of Six Entomopathogenic Nematode Species1 against Engorged Females of Southern Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus (=Boophilus) microplus2
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DOI: 10.3958/059.043.0119
Abstract: Abstract. The southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, causing huge economic losses to milk and meat production. Application of acaricides is the most widely used control… read more here.
Keywords: tick rhipicephalus; cattle fever; southern cattle; time ... See more keywords