Browsing by Subject "Amblyomma americanum"
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(2014-04-01)Without successful feeding, ticks can neither cause damage to their host nor transmit disease agents. Thus, a deeper understanding of tick physiology as a means to discover weaknesses that can be targeted for tick control ...
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(2011-10-21)Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are a large superfamily of proteins that regulate critical proteolytic pathways by inhibiting serine proteases. Tick-encoded serpins are thought to play a vital role in the feeding ...
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(2013-02-04)When ticks feed, they inject numerous proteins into the host that modulate the host’s defense mechanism to tick feeding activity. When animals are repeatedly infested with ticks, they develop an immune response to tick ...
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(2017-04-24)Without feeding success, ticks can neither cause damage nor transmit disease agents to their hosts. From this perspective a deeper understanding of tick feeding physiology has been advocated. Hard ticks such as Amblyomma ...
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(2017-12-07)Ticks seriously affect mammals and immunization of host is considered as sustainable option for their management. Identification and validation of protective molecules are major challenges in developing vaccines against ...
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Physiological Ageing as it is Related to Gene Function in the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (2010-07-14)With advances in molecular technology, the study of human ageing has turned to DNA for answers as to how humans age. Due to the size of the human genome and the longevity of humans, organisms with smaller genomes and shorter ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1976)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1983)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1985)
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(2013-07-25)Infestation of cattle by Lone Star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, leads to damage of hides intended for leather, weight loss, infertility, and potentially death of cattle, which contribute to production losses for farmers. ...