Zoonotic diseases are significant public health issues. There is an urgent need to focus our
efforts on the development of strategies that prevent and control potential arthropod vector …

Studies evaluating candidate tick-derived proteins as anti-tick vaccines in natural hosts have
been limited due to high costs. To overcome this problem, animal models are used in …

Ticks are ubiquitous blood-sucking ectoparasites capable of transmitting a wide range of
pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi to animals and humans. Although …

The use of live animals in tick research is crucial for a variety of experimental purposes
including the maintenance of hard tick colonies in the laboratory. In ticks, all developmental …

The southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most important
tick species affecting bovine wealth worldwide. Three uninterrupted generations of this …

In order to determine the effect of various hosts on feeding performance of Rhipicephalus
(Boophilus) microplus, we used 3 mammalian species as hosts, cattle (Qinchuan), sheep (T …

Experimental studies have demonstrated that Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
transmits Theileria equi to horses. However, the degree and dynamics of this protozoan …

In this study, we report for the first time the successful infestation of rabbits with just-molted,
unfed adults of Rhipicephalus microplus. Six New Zealand White rabbits were …

Rhipicephalus sanguineus can complete up to four generations per year, depending on
factors such as climate and host availability. Biomorphic studies of R. sanguineus were …

Las células caliciformes son un linaje de células epiteliales secretoras que se encuentran
tanto en el intestino delgado como en el intestino grueso. Una función principal de las …