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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Biology, ecology and management of ticks associated with humans, livestock, wildlife and companion animals.

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Oklahoma State University - (Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States)

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Oklahoma State University - (Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States)

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Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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ESA Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching

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Effect of Anti-acaricide Treatment on Tick Species Present and Performance of Growing Beef Heifers

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Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species.

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ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION AND HOST RELATIONSHIPS OF TICKS (ACARI, IXODIDAE) INFESTING LIVESTOCK IN MALI

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Seroprevalence for the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae among small and medium sized mammals of Texas.

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Tick burden observed on cattle and sheep during winter season on the Edwards Plateau of Texas.

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One Health approach to identify research needs in bovine and human babesioses: workshop report.

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Simulated interactions of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), climate variation and habitat heterogeneity on southern cattle tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) eradication methods in south Texas, USA

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Effects of sequential infestations of Dermacentor albipictus and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on overwintering beef cows in west-central Texas.

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Ixodid ticks associated with feral swine in Texas.

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Bovine fecal chemistry changes with progression of Southern Cattle Tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation.

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Simulation of climate-host-parasite-landscape interactions: A spatially explicit model for ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

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Modeling embryo development and emergence of Boophilus annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae).

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Effects of pyriproxyfen on off-host water-balance and survival of adult lone star ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

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EFFECT OF SATURATION DEFICIT ON EGGS OF BOOPHILUS-ANNULATUS AND BOOPHILUS-MICROPLUS (ACARI, IXODIDAE)

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Laboratory evaluation of a sustained-release famphur bolus against Gulf Coast and lone star ticks feeding on Hereford heifers.

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Comparison of DNA and Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope-based Techniques for Identification of Prior Vertebrate Hosts of Ticks.

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Simulation of climate-tick-host-landscape interactions: Effects of shifts in the seasonality of host population fluctuations on tick densities.

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Advancing Integrated Tick Management to Mitigate Burden of Tick-Borne Diseases

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Lynxacarus radovskyi infestation in a cat.

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The neuropeptidomics of Ixodes scapularis synganglion.

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Decreased small mammal and on-host tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta).

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Simulated cattle fever tick infestations in rotational grazing systems

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Association of Myianoetus muscarum (Acari: Histiostomatidae) With Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp) (Diptera: Muscidae) on Human Remains.

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Simulated dynamics of southern cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) in south Texas, USA: investigating potential wildlife-mediated impacts on eradication efforts.

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Cholinergic involvement in nervous control of salivary fluid secretion in ixodid ticks.

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INFLUENCE OF DAILY ACTIVITY OF ADULT RHIPICEPHALUS-SANGUINEUS (ACARI, IXODIDAE) ON CO2-TRAP SAMPLING IN ACARICIDE EFFICACY TRIALS

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A Survey of Tick Surveillance and Control Practices in the United States.

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Integrated control of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus australis (Acari: Ixodidae), in New Caledonia through the Pasture and Cattle Management method.

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Molecular and biological characterization of the Amblyomma americanum organic anion transporter polypeptide.

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Identification of Host Bloodmeal Source in Ornithodoros turicata Dugs (Ixodida: Argasidae) Using DNA-Based and Stable Isotope-Based Techniques.

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Imaging of Borrelia turicatae Producing the Green Fluorescent Protein Reveals Persistent Colonization of the Ornithodoros turicata Midgut and Salivary Glands from Nymphal Acquisition through Transmission.

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Detection of Rickettsiae, Borreliae, and Ehrlichiae in Ticks Collected from Walker County, Texas, 2017-2018.

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Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list.

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Population dynamics of immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and other ectoparasites on meadowlarks and northern bobwhite quail resident to the coastal prairie of Texas.

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Mating success of two geographically distinct populations of Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum Koch.

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Genetic variation in 12S and 16S mitochondrial rDNA genes of four geographically isolated populations of Gulf Coast ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

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Pyriproxyfen effects on newly engorged larvae and nymphs of the lone star tick (Acari:Ixodidae).

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Plane of nutrition x tick burden interaction in cattle: effect on fecal composition.

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Simulation of host-parasite-landscape interactions: Influence of season and habitat on cattle fever tick (Boophilus sp.) population dynamics in rotational grazing systems

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Host Bloodmeal Identification in Cave-Dwelling Ornithodoros turicata Dugs (Ixodida: Argasidae), Texas, USA.

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Evaluation of transovarial transmission and transmissibility of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae).

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Influence of acaricide resistance on cattle-fever tick (Boophilus spp.) infestations in semi-arid thornshrublands: a simulation approach.

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Host selection by questing female Amblyomma maculatum Koch, to cattle with feeding male ticks in southern Texas.

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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls: A new host for Protocalliphora sialia and Hesperocimex sonorensis in Arizona

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Determining Effects of Winter Weather Conditions on Adult Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Survival in Connecticut and Maine, USA.

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Detection of a spotted fever group rickettsia in Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae) in south Texas.

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Artificial feeding of Ornithodoros concanensis (Acari: Argasidae) nymphs on bovine blood and morphological changes in erythrocytes undergoing hemolysis in the tick midgut.

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Ectoparasites of Eastern and Western meadowlarks from the Rio Grande plains of south Texas.

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Differential Expression of Putative Ornithodoros turicata Defensins Mediated by Tick Feeding.

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Simulation tools for assessment of tick suppression treatments of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus on non-lactating dairy cattle in Puerto Rico.

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Blood feeding of Ornithodoros turicata larvae using an artificial membrane system.

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Microclimate influence in a physiological model of cattle-fever tick (Boophilus spp.) population dynamics

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Off-host physiological ecology of ixodid ticks.

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Assessment of the Geographic Distribution of Ornithodoros turicata (Argasidae): Climate Variation and Host Diversity.

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GULF-COAST TICK (AMBLYOMMA-MACULATUM) POPULATIONS AND RESPONSES TO BURNING OF COASTAL PRAIRIE HABITATS

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Detection of fecal chemistry changes in cattle infested with the Southern Cattle Tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.

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ARGAS (PERSICARGAS) GIGANTEUS SOFT TICK INFECTION WITH RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALI AND RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA ON WILD AVIAN SPECIES OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, USA.

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Plane of nutrition by tick-burden interaction in cattle: effect on growth and metabolism.

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VARIATION IN ACTIVITY OF AGING AMBLYOMMA-MACULATUM KOCH (ACARINA, IXODIDAE) LARVAE IN RELATION TO VAPOR-PRESSURE DEFICITS IN PASTURE VEGETATION COMPLEXES

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Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Cattle Fever Tick Eradication in USA is Required to Mitigate the Impact of Global Change.

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Reviewing the Potential Vectors and Hosts of African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in the United States.

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Enhanced biosurveillance of high-consequence invasive pests: southern cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, on livestock and wildlife.

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APPLICATION OF MODELING TO THE ECOLOGY OF BOOPHILUS-ANNULATUS (SAY) (ACARI, IXODIDAE)

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Perceptions of veterinary clinics and pest control companies regarding tick-related problems in dogs residing in Texas cities.

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Susceptibility of Alphitobius diaperinus in Texas to permethrin- and -cyfluthrin-treated surfaces.

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Amblyomma imitator ticks as vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, Mexico.

# publications[].publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Biological and physiological characterization of in vitro blood feeding in nymph and adult stages of Ornithodoros turicata (Acari: Argasidae).

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Ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) and eastern screech-owl (Megascopes asio): new hosts for Philornis mimicola (Diptera: Muscidae) and Ornithodoros concanensis (Acari: Argasidae).

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Feeding predilection of Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, nymphs on cattle.

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Off-host physiological ecology of ixodid ticks.

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RESPONSE OF GRASSLAND ARTHROPODS TO BURNING - A REVIEW

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Tick-borne infectious agents in nature: Simulated effects of changes in host density on spatial-temporal prevalence of infected ticks

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Continuous administration of famphur for control of ticks and bed bugs feeding on ruminants.

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The Gulf Coast tick: a review of the life history, ecology, distribution, and emergence as an arthropod of medical and veterinary importance.

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Corrigendum: Differential Expression of Putative Ornithodoros turicata Defensins Mediated by Tick Feeding.

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Soil arthropod community responses to carrion with delayed insect access

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In vitro testing of non-traditional technologies for the control of rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

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Simulating detection of cattle-fever tick (Boophilus spp.) infestations in rotational grazing systems

# publications[].label
Simulating biophysical and human factors that affect detection probability of cattle-fever ticks (Boophilus spp.) in semi-arid thornshrublands of South Texas

# publications[].label
Simulation of host-parasite-landscape interactions: Influence of season and habitat on cattle fever tick (Boophilus sp) population dynamics

# publications[].label
Effects of a lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) burden on performance and metabolic indicators in growing beef steers.

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Optimizing long-acting acaricide use for integrated tick management of Rhipicephalus australis-infesting cattle in New Caledonia.

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Survival and water-balance characteristics of unfed adult Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae).

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Effects of pyriproxyfen on engorged females and newly oviposited eggs of the lone star tick (Acari:Ixodidae).

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Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in the Sky Islands of West Texas.

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AN INTEGRATED SENSING AND DATA ACQUISITION-SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR UNATTENDED CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF MICROCLIMATE RELATIVE-HUMIDITY AND ITS USE TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF VAPOR-PRESSURE DEFICITS ON TICK (ACARI, IXODOIDEA) ACTIVITY

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Humoral immune response of pigs, Sus scrofa domesticus, upon repeated exposure to blood-feeding by Ornithodoros turicata Duges (Ixodida: Argasidae).

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Quantitative models of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) ticks: historical review and synthesis

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Simulation of rotational grazing to evaluate integrated pest management strategies for Boophilus microplus (Acari: ixodidae) in Venezuela.

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The physiology of tick-induced stress in grazing animals

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Preliminary assessment of microbiome changes following blood-feeding and survivorship in the Amblyomma americanum nymph-to-adult transition using semiconductor sequencing.

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Fecal NIRS: detection of tick infestations in cattle and horses.

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GPS data collection for evaluation of animal-ecology interactions or cows in space

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FLUVALINATE TREATMENT OF QUEEN AND WORKER HONEY-BEES (APIS-MELLIFERA L) AND EFFECTS ON SUBSEQUENT MORTALITY, QUEEN ACCEPTANCE AND SUPERSEDURE

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Investigating the Potential Interaction between Anti-tick Vaccination and Systemic Acaricide Treatments

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Assessment Simulation Tools for integrated Tick Management of Rhipicephalus (Boophelus) microplus in Puerto Rico

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Cattle Fever Tick Detection by Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) Analysis of Bovine Feces

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Year 2 CFTEP Funding - Modeling Treatment Strategies for Cattle-Nilgai--White-tailed Deer Interactions on South Texas Rangelands

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Immunologic Responses of Swine to Ornithodoros Turicata

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding- Adapting Triode Atomizer to Spray Water-Based Acaricides

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Multi-source Data Collection to Enhance Predictive Modeling for the Control of Cattle Fever Ticks

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Sequencing Genomes and Transcriptomes of Livestock Pests

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Investigating the Potential Interaction between Anti-tick Vaccination and Systemic Acaricide Treatments

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Use of non-invasive near infrared reflectance spectroscopy of bovine feces to optimize animal health in the management of tick infestations

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.preferredLabel
USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

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Tick-Host-Landscape Interactions - Influencing the Ecology of Equine Piroplasmmosis In Sub-Tropical Texas

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Entomology; 2475 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
Tick surveillance, control needed in U.S., study shows

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African horse sickness on Texas A&M, industry radar

# etdChairOf[].label
Lostak, Tracy Karon (2008-08). Genetic variation in the 16s mitochondrial rDNA gene from Texas and Oklahoma populations of Amblyomma maculatum. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
White, Stephanie L (2015-08). Assessing Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari:Ixodidae) Population Changes in Texas using the U.S. Drought Monitor Classification Scheme. Master's Thesis.

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Lyons, Brandon Nicholas (2014-05). Insecticide Resistance of Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to β-Cyfluthrin  And Associated Heat Tolerance. Master's Thesis.

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Blount, Keith Wayne (2007-12). The occurrence and movement of Fancisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin across landscapes. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Schuster, Anthony (2011-12). Spatial and Temporal Survey of Feral Pig Ectoparasites in Three Texas Wildlife Districts. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Catena, Amanda M. (2009-05). Physiological Ageing as it is Related to Gene Function in the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum. Master's Thesis.

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Sleeba, Sarah Beth (2003-05). Male-female interaction among different geographic strains of the Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum Koch. Master's Thesis.

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Kim, Hee Jung (2017-08). Habitat-Host-Vector Interactions of Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Texas, USA.. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sanders, David M. (2011-05). Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Associated with Feral Swine in Edwards Plateau and Gulf Prairies and Marshes Ecoregions of Texas. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kim, Hee Jung (2004-12). Potential application of a Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, Aggregation-Attachment-Pheromone for surveillance of free-living adults. Master's Thesis.

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Wexler, Aaron (2005-08). Interaction of Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, nymphs on cattle. Master's Thesis.

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Coburn, Jordan McQuade (2009-08). Meteorological Factors Regulating the Population Expansion and Contraction of Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Texas. Master's Thesis.