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Assessment of the Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Sustaining Cattle Fever Tick populations in Puerto Rico
… microplus, also referred to as Cattle Fever Tick (CFT), serves as the primary vector for the protozoan pathogen Babesia which causes bovine babesiosis in livestock and wildlife hosts. Current management practices in Puerto Rico are failing to control CFT prevalence resulting in major …
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The Prevalence of the Q-fever Agent Coxiella burnetii in Ticks Collected from an Animal Shelter in Southeast Georgia
<p>Author's abstract: Q-fever is a zoonosis caused by a worldwide-distributed bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Ticks are vectors of the Q-fever agent but play a secondary role in transmission because the agent is also transmitted via aerosols. Most Q-fever studies have focused on farm animals but not …