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Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Sept 2023
Matika Oswald, Foster Sarah, Githaka Naftaly, Owido Gad, Ngetich Collins, Mwendia Charles, Brown Helen, Caulfield John, Watson Kellie, Djikeng Appolinaire, Birkett Michael
Abstract excerpt
Ticks and tick-borne diseases cause significant loss in livestock production with about 80% world's cattle at risk. The cost of chemical control is high and there is an ever-increasing tick resistance to chemical acaricides. Genetic selection as alternative long-term control strategy is constrained by laborious phenotyping using tick counts or scores. This study explored the use of host volatile semiochemicals...
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