Evidence for Role of White-Tailed Deer (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Epizootiology of Cattle Ticks and Southern Cattle Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Reinfestations Along the Texas/Mexico Border in South Texas: A Review and Update

Pound, J. Mathews; George, John E.; Kammlah, Diane M.; Lohmeyer, Kimberly H.; Davey, Ronald B.

doi:10.1603/ec09359

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“…However, when tick-infested deer and cattle share the same range, the ticks can be eradicated by dipping the cattle regularly [56]. It was concluded that WTD are physiologically suitable hosts and that they could disseminate the tick [57]. For R. annulatus, a study of deer from a large area in Texas demonstrated that WTD can be infested by these ticks and that the deer are capable of transporting the ticks to uninfested pastures [58].…”

Section: Eradication Of the Cattle Ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Spmentioning

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Current Limitations in the Control and Spread of Ticks that Affect Livestock: A Review

Estrada-Peña

Salman

2013

Agriculture

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Ticks are well-known parasites that affect livestock productivity. This paper reviews the current knowledge regarding the spread of ticks with their impact in animal health and the limitations to achieve effective control measures. The forecasted trends in climate play an obvious role in promoting the spread of ticks in several regions. It appears that climate warming is pivotal in the spread and colonization of new territories by Rhipicephalus microplus in several regions of Africa. The reported increase in altitude of this tick species in the mountainous regions of Central and South America appears to be driven by such general trends in climate change. This factor, however, is not the only single contributor to the spread of ticks. The poor management of farms, uncontrolled movements of domestic animals, abundance of wild animals, and absence of an adequate framework to capture the ecological plasticity of certain ticks may explain the complexity of the control measures. In this paper, we review several details regarding the relationships of ticks with the environment, wild fauna and competition with other species of ticks. Our intention is to highlight these relationships with the aim to produce a coherent framework to explore tick ecology and its relationship with animal production systems.

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Section: Eradication Of the Cattle Ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Spmentioning

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Current Limitations in the Control and Spread of Ticks that Affect Livestock: A Review

Estrada-Peña

Salman

2013

Agriculture

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“…ticks on feral swine collected within quarantined pastures of the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program was a positive finding. This is true particularly because wild ungulates are recognized as reservoir hosts for cattle fever ticks (Pound et al, 2010). Our data indicate that (100) 73 (86) 80 (94) feral swine are not suitable hosts for the cattle tick and southern cattle tick.…”

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“…Feral swine regularly come in contact with transitional domestic swine at sites with low biosecurity where they can introduce diseases into domestic herds (Wyckoff et al, 2009). Additionally, the occurrence of the cattle tick (Rhipicephalus annulatus) and southern cattle tick (R. microplus) in the southern Texas border region has been linked to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus; Pound et al, 2010); although it is not believed that feral swine are suitable hosts for these ticks.…”

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Absence of Mycobacterium bovis in Feral Swine (Sus scrofa) from the Southern Texas Border Region

Campbell

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Bazan

et al. 2011

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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ABSTRACT:Free-ranging wildlife, such as feral swine (Sus scrofa), harbor a variety of diseases that are transmissible to livestock and could negatively impact agricultural production. Information is needed regarding the exposure and infection rates of Mycobacterium bovis and many other diseases and parasites in feral swine occurring in the Texas border region. Our main objective was to determine exposure rates and possible infection rates of M. bovis in feral swine by opportunistically sampling animals from the Texas border region. From June to September 2010, we obtained samples from 396 feral swine and tested 98 samples for M. bovis by histopathology and mycobacteriologic culture. We found no evidence of M. bovis infection. We believe that it is important to periodically and strategically sample feral swine for M. bovis in high-risk areas of the United States because they are capable of becoming reservoirs of the disease.

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“…Undifferentiated tick collections were analyzed using 11 repeat loci, and it was not possible to identify any genetic divergence between R. microplus sampled from white-tailed deer and specimens collected from cattle, even when the ticks were obtained from the same pastures (BUSCH et al, 2014). When parasitized by cattle ticks, these wild ungulates pose a major obstacle to eradication programs, since the difficulty to treat these animals with acaricides (POUND et al, 2010).…”

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A revision of two distinct species of Rhipicephalus: R. microplus and R. australis

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Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus) species are monoxenous ticks with seasonal distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. For many years, Rhipicephalus micropluswas considered as a single species; however, further analysis split these ticks into two distinct species. Because R. microplusand R. australisshare similar attributes, it is hard to discriminate these two species and explain the changes in the classification of these parasites over the past decades. The reappearance of R. australisis an outcome of new research, which has afforded to better characterize these probably cryptic species. Evidence based on morphological features, the lack of conspecificity, microsatellite markers, mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal DNA, and mitochondrial genome supports the re-classification of R. microplusas different species. Therefore, populations of R. microplusfrom Australia, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Borneo, New Guinea, Tahiti and parts of Southeast Asia were recently reinstated as R. australis. Moreover, a better knowledge on the speciation between these two species could pave the way to important advances in tick control strategies.

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Evidence for Role of White-Tailed Deer (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Epizootiology of Cattle Ticks and Southern Cattle Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Reinfestations Along the Texas/Mexico Border in South Texas: A Review and Update

Cited by 72 publications

References 11 publications

Current Limitations in the Control and Spread of Ticks that Affect Livestock: A Review

Current Limitations in the Control and Spread of Ticks that Affect Livestock: A Review

Absence of Mycobacterium bovis in Feral Swine (Sus scrofa) from the Southern Texas Border Region

A revision of two distinct species of Rhipicephalus: R. microplus and R. australis

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