Developmental stage and level of submersion in water impact the viability of lone star and winter tick eggs.

Autor: Alhawsawi MRI; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Lewis DA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Frigard RA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Smith EM; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Sivakumar J; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Sharma AM; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Nantz AR; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Sabile CEG; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Kennedy J; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Loni R; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., LeFevre G; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Vaka A; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Leanza Q; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Kelley M; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Stacey CL; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Santhosh RA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Catlett N; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Cady TL; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Rizvi RS; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Wagner Z; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Olafson PU; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, USA., Benoit JB; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Publikováno v: Journal of medical entomology [J Med Entomol] 2024 Nov 22. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 22.

Nilgai antelope display no signs of infection upon experimental challenge with a virulent Babesia bovis strain.

Autor: Johnson TL; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Uvalde, TX, 78801, USA. tammi.johnson@ag.tamu.edu.; Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA. tammi.johnson@ag.tamu.edu., Persinger KA; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Uvalde, TX, 78801, USA., Taus NS; USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Davis SK; USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Poh KC; USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Kappmeyer LS; USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Laughery JM; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Capelli-Peixoto J; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Lohmeyer KH; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, Knipling-Bushland United States Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, 78028, USA., Ueti MW; USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA., Olafson PU; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, Knipling-Bushland United States Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, 78028, USA.

Publikováno v: Parasites & vectors [Parasit Vectors] 2024 Jun 01; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 01.

Feeding and reproductive parameters of adult female Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Amblyomma americanum parasitizing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

Autor: Baker AS; Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, 495 Horticulture Road, College Station, TX 77843, USA.; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 1619 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, TX 78801, USA., Persinger KA; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 1619 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, TX 78801, USA., Olafson PU; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2700 Fredericksburg Road, Kerrville, TX 78028, USA., Mulenga AO; Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Veterinary Medical Sciences Building, 400 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy #4467, College Station, TX 77843, USA., Johnson TL; Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, 495 Horticulture Road, College Station, TX 77843, USA.; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 1619 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, TX 78801, USA.

Publikováno v: Journal of medical entomology [J Med Entomol] 2024 Jan 12; Vol. 61 (1), pp. 245-249.

The genome of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, reveals potential mechanisms underlying reproduction, host interactions, and novel targets for pest control.

Autor: Olafson PU; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, USA. pia.olafson@usda.gov., Aksoy S; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA., Attardo GM; Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Buckmeier G; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, USA., Chen X; The Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Coates CJ; Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA., Davis M; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, USA., Dykema J; Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA., Emrich SJ; Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA., Friedrich M; Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA., Holmes CJ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Ioannidis P; Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland., Jansen EN; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Jennings EC; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Lawson D; The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, The European Bioinformatics Institute, The Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK., Martinson EO; Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA., Maslen GL; The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, The European Bioinformatics Institute, The Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK., Meisel RP; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA., Murphy TD; National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA., Nayduch D; Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, USA., Nelson DR; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA., Oyen KJ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Raszick TJ; Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA., Ribeiro JMC; Section of Vector Biology, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, USA., Robertson HM; Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA., Rosendale AJ; Department of Biology, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Sackton TB; Informatics Group, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA., Saelao P; Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, USA., Swiger SL; Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Stephenville, TX, USA., Sze SH; Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA., Tarone AM; Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA., Taylor DB; Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, USA., Warren WC; University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, MO, USA., Waterhouse RM; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland., Weirauch MT; Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Divisions of Biomedical Informatics and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Werren JH; Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA., Wilson RK; Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.; College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA., Zdobnov EM; Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland., Benoit JB; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. joshua.benoit@uc.edu.

Publikováno v: BMC biology [BMC Biol] 2021 Mar 10; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 10.

Odorant-binding protein from the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) has a high-histidine N-terminal extension that binds transition metals.

Autor: Shah JS; Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA., Buckmeier BG; USDA-ARS, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Lab, Kerrville, TX, 78028, USA., Griffith W; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA., Olafson PU; USDA-ARS, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Lab, Kerrville, TX, 78028, USA., Perez de Leon AA; USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA, 93648, USA., Renthal R; Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA. Electronic address: robert.renthal@utsa.edu.

Publikováno v: Insect biochemistry and molecular biology [Insect Biochem Mol Biol] 2022 Feb; Vol. 141, pp. 103707. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 31.