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Tick Microbiome Characterization by Next-Generation 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing
Published on: August 25, 2018
Transboundary Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen Threats to Cattle
Pete D Teel1, Thomas Hairgrove2
1Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Room 412 Heep Center, 370 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843-2475, USA.
Abstract:
Transboundary incursions of ticks and tick-borne pathogens are ever present concerns for US cattle industries. Global trade in livestock and wildlife, historic and emerging transboundary issues with endemic tick populations and pathogens, and migratory bird flyways are pathways of concern. Transboundary challenges are presented for the Asian long-horned tick and Theileria orientalis Ikeda, for 2 cattle fever tick species [Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and R (B) microplus] and Babesia bigemina and B bovis, and for the tropical bont tick and Ehrlichia ruminantium.
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