10. Public-private partnership enabled use of anti-tick vaccine for integrated cattle fever tick eradication in the USA

León, Adalberto A. Pérez de; Mahan, Suman M.; Messenger, Matthew T.; Ellis, Dee; Varner, K.; Schwartz, Andy; Baca, Dan; Andreotti, Renato; Rodriguez-Valle, M.; Rosario-Cruz, Rodrigo; García, Delia Inés Domínguez; Pagan, Myrna Comas; Canabal, Carmen Oliver; Urdaz, J.H.; Mattei, Francisco Collazo; Soltero, Fred; Guerrero, Felix D.; Miller, Robert J.

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“…Our model could also be used to document the fully integrated use of these acaricidal products with anti-tick vaccine technology as it has been done for example with commonly used acaricides such as organophosphates and pyrethroids and Bm86-based vaccines [20, 42, 43]. Further testing of an experimental Bm86-based vaccine in Puerto Rico will allow for this [44]. Including the cost of different technologies will add value to the model as a tool to document to the producer the return on investment of different intervention modalities.…”

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Simulation tools for assessment of tick suppression treatments of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus on non-lactating dairy cattle in Puerto Rico

Wang

Teel²,

Grant

et al. 2019

Parasites Vectors

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Background The southern cattle fever tick (SCFT), Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) microplus , remains endemic in Puerto Rico. Systematic treatment programmes greatly reduced and even eradicated temporarily this tick from the island. However, a systemic treatment programme that includes integrated management practices for livestock against SCFT remains to be established in the island. We describe a spatially-explicit, individual-based model that simulates climate–livestock–SCFT–landscape interactions. This model was developed as an investigative tool to aid in a research project on integrated management of the SCFT that took place in Puerto Rico between 2014 and 2017. We used the model to assess the efficacy of tick suppression and probability of tick elimination when applying safer acaricides at 3-week intervals to different proportions of a herd of non-lactating dairy cattle. Results Probabilities of eliminating host-seeking larvae from the simulated system decreased from ≈ 1 to ≈ 0 as the percentage of cattle treated decreased from 65 to 45, with elimination probabilities ≈ 1 at higher treatment percentages and ≈ 0 at lower treatment percentages. For treatment percentages between 65% and 45%, a more rapid decline in elimination probabilities was predicted by the version of the model that produced higher densities of host-seeking larvae. Number of weeks after the first acaricide application to elimination of host-seeking larvae was variable among replicate simulations within treatment percentages, with within-treatment variation increasing markedly at treatment percentages ≤ 65. Number of weeks after first application to elimination generally varied between 30 and 40 weeks for those treatment percentages with elimination probabilities ≈ 1. Conclusions Explicit simulation of the spatial and temporal dynamics of off-host (host-seeking) larvae in response to control methods should be an essential element of research that involves the evaluation of integrated SCFT management programmes. This approach could provide the basis to evaluate novel control technologies and to develop protocols for their cost-effective use with other treatment methods. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-019-3443-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Simulation tools for assessment of tick suppression treatments of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus on non-lactating dairy cattle in Puerto Rico

Wang

Teel²,

Grant

et al. 2019

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“…Subsequently, the states of Tamaulipas and Coahuila delivered a risk and resource assessment for a targeted part of their states at the end of March 2020 [ 127 ]. This is an example of multiple states’ animal health and industry leaders spanning two countries working together to potentially improve programmatic objectives for the common good in otherwise disparate programs.…”

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“…The suggested recommendations from the consensus of participants in the first ever CFTBB reflect the successful delivery through a public-private partnership approach to identify necessary future policy and research initiatives. Mexico and Brazil are currently working to establish enabling environments for public-private partnerships that enhance sustainable animal production [127]. Thus, it is reasonable that a Mexico-U.S. private-public partnership can also be successfully sustained to support research and policy needs in the future.…”

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Research on Integrated Management for Cattle Fever Ticks and Bovine Babesiosis in the United States and Mexico: Current Status and Opportunities for Binational Coordination

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Bovine babesiosis is a reportable transboundary animal disease caused by Babesia bovis and Babesiabigemina in the Americas where these apicomplexan protozoa are transmitted by the invasive cattle fever ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus(Boophilus) annulatus. In countries like Mexico where cattle fever ticks remain endemic, bovine babesiosis is detrimental to cattle health and results in a significant economic cost to the livestock industry. These cattle disease vectors continue to threaten the U.S. cattle industry despite their elimination through efforts of the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program. Mexico and the U.S. share a common interest in managing cattle fever ticks through their economically important binational cattle trade. Here, we report the outcomes of a meeting where stakeholders from Mexico and the U.S. representing the livestock and pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies, and research institutions gathered to discuss research and knowledge gaps requiring attention to advance progressive management strategies for bovine babesiosis and cattle fever ticks. Research recommendations and other actionable activities reflect commitment among meeting participants to seize opportunities for collaborative efforts. Addressing these research gaps is expected to yield scientific knowledge benefitting the interdependent livestock industries of Mexico and the U.S. through its translation into enhanced biosecurity against the economic and animal health impacts of bovine babesiosis and cattle fever ticks.

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“…Today, novel control strategies are under development or already in use such as biocontrol agents (Bti and Wolbachia strains, fungi), sterile insect techniques, insecticide-treated durable wall lining, sugar-baited traps, anti-tick vaccines, and push-pull strategies, among others (e.g. Pages and Cohnstaedt 2018;Pérez de León et al 2018;Pfeffer et al 2018;. Ironically, most of the time these techniques target zoonotic diseases with a clear objective to protect human populations and only in second instance livestock.…”

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1. Livestock pests and vector-borne diseases – a much neglected subject

Takken¹,

Bouyer²,

Smallegange³

et al. 2018

Pests and Vector-Borne Diseases in the Livestock Industry

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Worldwide the livestock industry, from small farmers to large industrialized farms, is affected by arthropods and arthropod-borne diseases at various scales, which cause huge losses and are a constraint to socio-economic development. Farmers make considerable efforts to prevent and control pest and disease incidence, often requiring the use of vaccines, if available, drugs and pesticides. Examples of current problems are presented, to set the stage for the detailed and state-of-the-art presentations of specific cases of livestock pests and their associated diseases and modern methods of prevention and control.

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10. Public-private partnership enabled use of anti-tick vaccine for integrated cattle fever tick eradication in the USA

Cited by 6 publications

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Simulation tools for assessment of tick suppression treatments of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus on non-lactating dairy cattle in Puerto Rico

Simulation tools for assessment of tick suppression treatments of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus on non-lactating dairy cattle in Puerto Rico

Research on Integrated Management for Cattle Fever Ticks and Bovine Babesiosis in the United States and Mexico: Current Status and Opportunities for Binational Coordination

1. Livestock pests and vector-borne diseases – a much neglected subject

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