Las garrapatas han afectado negativamente la producción bovina, provocando grandes pérdidas económicas; debido al uso indiscriminado de productos químicos desarrollado resistencia, obligando a búsqueda alternativas control, presentándose interés en investigar las propiedades acaricidas especies vegetales, el objetivo del estudió fue determinar eficacia extracto natural Phytolacca bogotensis y A...

Propolis is a natural substance that produced by bees and has been used since ancient times for its pharmacological properties. The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplusis responsible great economic losses breeding programs. aim of the present study was to evaluate in vitro effect propolis extracts on engorged female ticks. experiment performed at Uberaba IFTM. A completely randomized...

This study reports the results of a comparative test of identification of ticks occurring in Western Europe and Northern Africa. A total of 14 laboratories were voluntarily enrolled in the test. Each participant received between 22 and 25 specimens of adult and nymphal ticks of 11 species: Dermacentor marginatus, D. reticulatus, Haemaphysalis punctata, Hyalomma lusitanicum, Hy. marginatum, Ixod...

To explore the tick distribution and prevalence of Borrelia in Zhejiang Province, we performed a survey in nine sites. A total of 447 adult ticks of 11 species were captured and the dominant tick species were Haemaphysalis longicornis and Ixodes sinensis and the abundance of tick species in different areas varied significantly. Overall, 4.70% of the ticks were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) po...