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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"tick-infestation"”.
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The Role of Epizootic Bovine Abortion Agent on Mule Deer Populations of the Mojave National Preserve in California and the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range in Oregon
Ticks, and the diseases they transmit play an important role in the health of wildlife and domestic animal populations. They can decrease the health of an animal through their effects on body condition and in extreme instances for survival (Merino et al. 2005). Ticks infesting deer populations …
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Ecology and molecular epidemiology of tick-borne infection in Kachia Grazing Reserve, Nigeria
Ticks and tick-borne infections (TBIs) are serious veterinary and medical concerns in much of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite their economic importance, information on the epidemiology of these infections in many SSA countries, including Nigeria, is lacking or inadequate, resulting in potentially …
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Songbird migration ecology in east-central Illinois
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 89508 Lift date: 2017-09-29T20:50:34Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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A community modeling approach to understanding the ecology of Lyme disease
The black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is responsible for transmitting the Lyme disease pathogen (Borrelia burgdorferi) to humans in eastern North America. Since the 1970s, the geographic distributions of both the pathogen and the black-legged tick have expanded throughout the US. This expansion …
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of small household farmers towards heartwater disease and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Limpopo province, South Africa
Background: Heartwater is a disease spread by ticks that is brought on by the obligatory intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium. Heartwater disease is one of the major obstacles to livestock production as it affects many livestock animals including domesticated animals such as goats, cattle, …
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Management practices, morphometric body measurements and diseases of local Zambian goats
… were gastrointestinal nematodosis, coccidiosis, tick infestation, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, heartwater and trypanosomosis.Eggs per gram (EPG) and oocysts per gram (OPG), differential larval counts, and routine clinical haematological parameters were monitored routinely throughout the period. The …