Browsing by Subject "parasite"
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(2022-12-07)The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is a globally invasive pest. Fire ant decapitating Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae) are natural enemies of Solenopsis fire ants. They are parasitoids from the same native ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Molecular and in vitro comparisons were performed using two isolates of Encephalitozoon hellem, one from an avian host and one from a human host, and one isolate of Encephalitozoon cuniculi from a rabbit. The molecular ...
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(2012-10-19)Babesia bovis has been an important disease agent in the U.S. cattle industry for over a century. Recently, B. bovis-like parasites have been identified in white-tailed deer (WTD; Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas. If the ...
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(2014-04-30)Geomydoecus ewingi is a relatively well-known chewing louse that parasitizes the pocket gopher Geomys breviceps in the rodent family Geomyidae. Pocket gophers have been documented to exhibit long-term associations with ...