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Acaricide-inducible differential gene expression was studied in larvae of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus using a microarray-based approach. The acaricides used were: coumaphos, permethrin, ivermectin, and amitraz. The microarrays contained over 13 000 probes, having been derived from a previously described R. microplus gene index (BmiGI Version 2; Wang et al., 2007). Relative quantitative ...

BACKGROUND:Ticks are obligatory blood sucking arthropodsthat can transmit important pathogens. OBJECTIVES: Thedistribution and diversity of ticks fauna were last studied in the northof Iran in 2007. Mazandaran province has a humid climate, whichis favourable to animal husbandry such as sheep breeding. Due tohumid climate, the likelihood of exposure to tick infestation isincreasing. The aim of t...

background : the aim of this study was to investigate the ‘acaricidal effect' of zataria multiflora and ar­temisia annua essential oils on rhipicephalus (boophilus) annulatus . methods: this study was carried out in 2009 in the laboratory of parasitology of the faculty of veteri­nary medicine of shahrekord  university, west central iran. six dilutions (5, 10, 20, 40, 60 and 80 µl/cm 3 ) of both...

BACKGROUND In 2012-2013, an investigation was carried out in the Viterbo province, Lazio region, on ticks and tick-borne Apicomplexan protozoa of the Babesia and Theileria genera. This followed the reporting of high density of ticks by soldiers operating in a military shooting range, and the signaling by owners and local veterinary authorities of several cases of babesiosis among cattle. METH...

ticks are an important problem among zoonotic diseases. main veterinary species of hard ticks are: hyalomma sp. boophilus sp and rhipicephalus sp. among them hyalomma sp. have widespread distribution in iran and middle east. the best method to control hyalomma sp. is immunological one, by using antigens, which causes immunologic and physiologic reactions in host.bm86 is one of the best antigens...