Search Results - "Perez de Leon, Adalberto"

Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing by Andreotti, Renato, Pérez de León, Adalberto A, Dowd, Scot E, Guerrero, Felix D, Bendele, Kylie G, Scoles, Glen A

“…Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)…”
Get full text

Cattle tick vaccines: Many candidate antigens, but will a commercially viable product emerge? by Guerrero, Felix D., Miller, Robert J., Pérez de León, Adalberto A.

“…The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is arguably the world’s most economically important external parasite of cattle. Sustainable cattle tick control…”
Get full text

Implication of Nilgai Antelope (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in Reinfestations of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in South Texas: A Review and Update by Lohmeyer, Kimberly H., May, Melinda A., Thomas, Donald B., León, Adalberto A. Pérez de

“…The Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program was the first parasite eradication program of veterinary importance in the United States and is considered to be one…”
Get full text

Lethal Effects of a Commercial Diatomaceous Earth Dust Product on Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs by Showler, Allan T., Flores, Nicole, Caesar, Ryan M., Mitchel, Robert D., Perez De León, Adalberto A.

“…With increasing development of resistance to conventional synthetic acaricides in economically and medically important ixodid species, interest in finding…”
Get full text

Association of Salivary Cholinesterase With Arthropod Vectors of Disease by Temeyer, Kevin B., Schlechte, Kristie G., Olafson, Pia U., Drolet, Barbara S., Tidwell, Jason P., Osbrink, Weste L. A., Showler, Allan T., Gross, Aaron D., Pérez de León, Adalberto A.

“…Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was previously reported to be present in saliva of the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini), with…”
Get full text

The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms by Benavidez, Kathryn M, Guerra, Trina, Torres, Madison, Rodriguez, David, Veech, Joseph A, Hahn, Dittmar, Miller, Robert J, Soltero, Fred V, Ramírez, Alejandro E Pérez, Perez de León, Adalberto, Castro-Arellano, Iván

“…Leptospirosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, is thought to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. A…”
Get full text

Why we need a National Living Soil Repository by Manter, Daniel K., Delgado, Jorge A., Blackburn, Harvey D., Harmel, Daren, de León, Adalberto A. Pérez, Honeycutt, C. Wayne

Get full text

Vitellogenin Receptor as a Target for Tick Control: A Mini-Review by Mitchell, 3rd, Robert D, Sonenshine, Daniel E, Pérez de León, Adalberto A

“…While much effort has been put into understanding vitellogenesis in insects and other organisms, much less is known of this process in ticks. There are several…”
Get full text

Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Inward Rectifier Potassium (Kir) Channels Reduce Bloodmeal Feeding and Have Insecticidal Activity Against the Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) by Li, Zhilin, Guerrero, Felix, Pérez de León, Adalberto A., Foil, Lane D., Swale, Daniel R.

“…Bloodmeal feeding by the horn fly, Haematobia irritans (L.), is associated with reduced milk production and blood loss that ultimately prevents weight gain of…”
Get full text

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Larvae Collected From Vegetation in the Coastal Wildlife Corridor of Southern Texas and Research Solutions for Integrated Eradication by Osbrink, Weste L. A., Showler, Allan T., Abrigo, Veronica, Pérez de León, Adalberto A.

“…The potential for reinvasion of the United States by cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini), which…”
Get full text

Ectoparasites of Cattle by Pérez de León, Adalberto A, Mitchell, 3rd, Robert D, Watson, David W

“…Diverse groups of ectoparasitic arthropods cause significant morbidity and mortality in most of the approximately 1.49 billion head of cattle worldwide…”
Get more information

Exploring the use of an anti-tick vaccine as a tool for the integrated eradication of the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) annulatus by Miller, Robert, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Almazán, Consuelo, Allen, Andrew, Jory, Lauren, Yeater, Kathleen, Messenger, Matthew, Ellis, Dee, Pérez de León, Adalberto A

“…Highlights ► A vaccine was shown to be highly effective against R. annulatus from Texas. ► Modeling predicted eradication would be maintained with the use of…”
Get full text

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin as an effective vaccine antigen to protect against cattle tick infestations by Guerrero, Felix D, Andreotti, Renato, Bendele, Kylie G, Cunha, Rodrigo C, Miller, Robert J, Yeater, Kathleen, Pñrez de León, Adalberto A

“…Vaccination as a control method against the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus has been practiced since the introduction of two products in the…”
Get full text

Comparative vector competence of the Afrotropical soft tick Ornithodoros moubata and Palearctic species, O. erraticus and O. verrucosus, for African swine fever virus strains circulating in Eurasia by Pereira de Oliveira, Rémi, Hutet, Evelyne, Paboeuf, Frédéric, Duhayon, Maxime, Boinas, Fernando, Perez de Leon, Adalberto, Filatov, Serhii, Vial, Laurence, Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique

“…African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild suids caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), which threatens the swine…”
Get full text

Use of electroporation as an option to transform the horn fly, Haematobia irritans： a species recalcitrant to microinjection by Xu, Qiang, Guerrero, Felix D., Palavesam, Azhahianambi, Pérez de León, Adalberto A.

“…The horn fly, Haematobia irritans, is a serious pest of cattle in North America. The control of horn flies has primarily relied on insecticides. However, the…”
Get full text

Immunogenic potential of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin 1 against Rhipicephalus sanguineus in domestic dogs by Évora, Patricia Martinez, Sanches, Gustavo Seron, Guerrero, Felix David, León, Adalberto Pérez de, Bechara, Gervásio Henrique

“…This study evaluated a recombinant aquaporin 1 protein of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (RmAQP1) as antigen in a vaccine against R. sanguineus. Five dogs…”
Get full text

High prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dogs in Veracruz, Mexico by Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme, Romero-Salas, Dora, Cruz-Romero, Anabel, García-Vázquez, Zeferino, Peniche-Cardeña, Alvaro, Ibarra-Priego, Nelly, Ahuja-Aguirre, Concepción, Pérez-de-León, Adalberto A, Dubey, Jitender P

“…Little is known concerning the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dogs in Mexico. Here, we investigated antibodies to T. gondii and associated risk…”
Get full text

Rhipicephalus microplus salivary gland molecules induce differential CD86 expression in murine macrophages by Brake, Danett K, Wikel, Stephen K, Tidwell, Jason P, Pérez de León, Adalberto A

“…Tick parasitism is a major impediment for cattle production in many parts of the world. The southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is an…”
Get full text

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium in small ruminants from Veracruz, Mexico by Romero-Salas, Dora, Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme, Cruz-Romero, Anabel, Aguilar-Domínguez, Mariel, Ibarra-Priego, Nelly, Merino-Charrez, José O, Pérez de León, Adalberto A, Hernández-Tinoco, Jesús

“…Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium spp. that can affect domestic animal and human populations. In newborn…”
Get full text

Terpenes on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: Acaricidal activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition by Cardoso, Alana dos Santos, Santos, Everton Gomes Guimarães, Lima, Aldilene da Silva, Temeyer, Kevin B., Pérez de León, Adalberto A., Costa, Livio Martins, Soares, Alexandra Martins dos Santos

“…•Inhibition of AChE is a well established mechanism of action of acaricides.•The action of terpenes on tick AChEs has not hardly been studied.•P-cymene,…”
Get full text