Survival of European honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies has been threatened over the past few decades as Varroa destructor become a growing concern on near-global scale. Prominent treatment methods have included synthetic acaricides amitraz, coumaphos, and tau-fluvalinate. Since widespread resistance to these compounds noted, this study sought investigate V. in Virginia. infestation levels api...

During November 2006, two live and one dead mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) were presented with a history of weakness, tremors, and paralysis. After a detailed gross and histologic examination and a bacteriologic, parasitologic, and rabies evaluation, a preliminary diagnosis of tick paralysis was established. A thorough field search revealed 13 affected mouflons found in the open hunting ground "S...

Canine demodicosis is a common noncontagious parasitic dermatosis caused by different spp of Demodex mites including Demodex canis, Demodex injai and D. cornei. Generalized demodicosis can be one of the most frustrating skin diseases, one will ever treat. Conventional and newer miticidal therapies are available to veterinarian to treat this frustrating skin disease. All recognized Demodex mites...