Genetic and biological characterization of a Cuban tick strain fromRhipicephalus sanguineuscomplex and its sensitivity to different chemical acaricides
| Autor: | Alina Rodriguez-Mallon, Yamil Bello Soto, Pedro E. Encinosa Guzmán |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
Alternative methods Veterinary medicine biology Acaricide Rhipicephalus sanguineus Strain (biology) 030231 tropical medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology Tick bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Isolation (microbiology) Vaccination 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine chemistry Insect Science parasitic diseases Amitraz |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Acarology. 42:18-25 |
| ISSN: | 1945-3892 0164-7954 |
| Popis: | The chemical control with acaricides is still the most efficient method to control ticks. Vaccination is an alternative method, but currently there is no vaccine with protective antigens against infestations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) in dogs. However, the anti-tick vaccine progress requires a tick experimental model to provide relevant biological data. The present communication summarizes the characterization of the first isolation of a R. sanguineus Cuban field strain. The Cuban strain was closely related to R. sanguineus sensu lato belonging to the northern lineage or tropical species. This strain was resistant to amitraz. A colony of R. sanguineus ticks was established from this isolation. Feeding protocols and environmental requirements for maintenance under controlled laboratory conditions of this tick strain are described and its laboratory life cycle is characterized. The cycle was completed in 85 days under the conditions established in the laboratory and after each cyc... |
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