Tick control is critical to the control of tick borne disease, while the direct impact of ticks on
livestock productivity is also well known. For livestock, tick control today rests …

Pyrethroid pesticides are extensively used to manage animal and human disease vectors
including the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini). The indiscriminate …

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are responsible for pumping drugs across
membranes and are an important drug detoxification mechanism. Since ABC transporters …

Este libro está dedicado a la memoria de nuestros amigos: José Luís Domínguez Alpizar y
Víctor Manuel Vázquez Prats. Un grupo de colegas dedicados a la enseñanza ya la …

The control of the southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), in Mexico and many
other countries relies on chemical acaricides. Boophilus microplus has developed …

The invasive cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini)(Acari:
Ixodidae), occurs in the United States only along the Texas border as incursions from …

Rhipicephalus microplus, better known as the Asiatic cattle tick, is a largely invasive
ectoparasite of great economic importance due to the negative effect it has on agricultural …

The southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is the most
economically important ectoparasite of cattle worldwide. A limitation for sustainable control …

Abstract Background Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an obligate blood feeder which
is host specific to cattle. Existing knowledge pertaining to the host or host breed effects on …

Mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance were found in Mexican strains of
Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini). A mutation in the sodium channel gene was reported …