Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks

Autor: Matika, Oswald, Foster, Sarah, Githaka, Naftaly, Owido, Gad, Ngetich, Collins, Mwendia, Charles, Brown, Helen, Caulfield, John, Watson, Kellie, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Birkett, Michael

Publikováno v: In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases September 2023 14(5)

The potential for use of haematological and anti-IgE humoral responses as phenotypic markers for tick resistance in cattle.

Autor: Ngetich C; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.; Zoological Sciences and Animal Sciences Department, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi 00100, Kenya., Kamau L; Zoological Sciences and Animal Sciences Department, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi 00100, Kenya., Simbauni J; Zoological Sciences and Animal Sciences Department, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi 00100, Kenya., Mwendia C; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya., Owido M; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya., Kiio I; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya., Matika O; The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK.; Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK., Foster S; Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK., Birkett M; Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK., Djikeng A; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.; Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK., Watson KA; The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK.; Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK., Githaka N; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.

Publikováno v: Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases [Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis] 2023 Nov 30; Vol. 5, pp. 100159. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 30 (Print Publication: 2024).