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The Fowl Tick
ONE of the most serious handicaps to poultry raising in the Southwestern States is the fowl tick, or blue bug {Argm rmneahis). It is a persistent bloodsucker, and its presence in a poultry house in considerable numbers results in weakened stock, fewer eggs, and emaciation and not infrequently death of some of the fowls. A form of paralysis associated with this tick also afl'ects many fowls, som...
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This study reports the experimental transmission of Borrelia anserina to domestic chickens by infected Argas (Persicargas) miniatus. Clinical alterations as well as prepatent and patent periods were evaluated. Twenty-seven 67-day-old birds were divided into three groups in a randomized experimental design. The first group was exposed to ticks infected with B. anserina, the second group was expo...
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The pigeon tick Argas reflexus is avian ectoparasite that typically feeds on pigeons. When devoid of a natural host, the ticks can also attack humans. In Upper Silesia, southern Poland, people living in the vicinity of the birds' nesting sites are frequently bitten by A. reflexus. The bites can provoke serious allergic reactions, including fatal anaphylactic shock. In the present study, residen...
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Soft ticks, Argas vespertilionis, were collected from feces of bats in Japan. Cytopathic effect (CPE) was observed after inoculating the homogenates of ticks to Vero cells. Sequencing of RNA extracted from the cell supernatant was performed by next generation sequencer. The contigs had identity to segments of Bunyaviruses, Issyk-Kul virus. The identities of segment L, M and S were only 77, 76 a...
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The pigeon tick Argas reflexus is a pathogen-transmitting soft tick that typically feeds on pigeons, but can also attack humans causing local and systemic reactions. Chemical control is made difficult due to environmental contamination and resistance development. As a result, there is much interest in increasing the role of other strategies like biological control. In this study, the efficacy o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Poultry Science
سال: 1922
ISSN: 0032-5791
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0010125