scholarly journals Establishment of Boophilus microplus Infected with Babesia bigemina by Using in vitro Tube Feeding Technique.

1998 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi INOKUMA ◽  
David H. KEMP
2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Mosqueda ◽  
Alfonso Falcon ◽  
J. Antonio Alvarez ◽  
J. Alberto Ramos ◽  
Luis F. Oropeza-Hernandez ◽  
...  

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Bernardo Sachman-Ruiz ◽  
Luis Lozano ◽  
José J. Lira ◽  
Grecia Martínez ◽  
Carmen Rojas ◽  
...  

Cattle babesiosis is a socio-economically important tick-borne disease caused by Apicomplexa protozoa of the genus Babesia that are obligate intraerythrocytic parasites. The pathogenicity of Babesia parasites for cattle is determined by the interaction with the host immune system and the presence of the parasite’s virulence genes. A Babesia bigemina strain that has been maintained under a microaerophilic stationary phase in in vitro culture conditions for several years in the laboratory lost virulence for the bovine host and the capacity for being transmitted by the tick vector. In this study, we compared the virulome of the in vitro culture attenuated Babesia bigemina strain (S) and the virulent tick transmitted parental Mexican B. bigemina strain (M). Preliminary results obtained by using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) showed that out of 27 virulence genes described and analyzed in the B. bigemina virulent tick transmitted strain, only five were fully identified in the attenuated laboratory strain. In all cases, the identity and coverture of the identified genes of the wildtype strain were higher than those of the laboratory strain. This finding is putatively associated with the continuous partial loss of virulence genes in the laboratory strain after several passages of the parasite population under optimal in vitro growth conditions. The loss of virulence factors might be reflected in the absence of symptoms of the disease in cattle inoculated with the attenuated strain despite the presence of infection in the bovine host cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline V.V. Castilho ◽  
Rafaela R. Fantatto ◽  
Yousmel A. Gaínza ◽  
Humberto R. Bizzo ◽  
Nancy S. Barbi ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira ◽  
Manoela da Silva ◽  
Lew Sprenger ◽  
Daniela Pedrassani

ABSTRACT: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, known as the cattle tick, is a cause of great economic losses for dairy cattle farming because of its high frequency of occurrence and the difficulty in controlling it. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of Chenopodium ambrosioides extract on R. (B.) microplus. For this purpose, 125 females were selected and classified into five groups according to their weight, in order to ensure that the females used presented homogeneous weight. The treatments comprised 40 and 60% extracts of Chenopodium ambrosioides, distilled water, ethanol (70ºGL) and 12.5% amitraz. The extracts of C. ambrosioides (40 and 60%) showed effectiveness of 99.7 and 100% and higher percentages of dead females than the other treatments: 64 and 96%, respectively (p<0.001). In the groups exposed to distilled water and ethanol (70º GL), 92 and 88% of the females maintained oviposition. In the females exposed to 40 and 60% extracts, oviposition of 36 and 4% occurred, respectively. It was concluded that the extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides, at both concentration evaluated, had high efficiency against engorged females of cattle ticks.


Author(s):  
Elaine Yae Yamashita Sugauara ◽  
ElisângelaYumi Sugauara ◽  
Rosangela Rumi Sugauara ◽  
Wanessa de Campos Bortolucci ◽  
Herika Line Marko de Oliveira ◽  
...  

Bovine tick has caused losses in livestock production profitability in Brazil. However, tick control has caused resistance of these ectoparasites against utilized acaricides. Alternative tick controls have been utilizing plants as sources of effective botanical acaricides. Brunfelsia uniflora is a Brazilian plant with antimicrobial and antioxidant activity; however, there are no reports on its acaricidal activity. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the chemical composition of B. uniflora leaf ethanolic extract and its efficiency to control bovine tick in vitro and free-living stage ex situ. The crude leaf extract was analyzed by gas chromatographer coupled to mass spectrometer (GC-MS) with identification of 17 compounds. The major compounds were phytol (22.96%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid, ethyl ester (Z,Z,Z) (21.18%), hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester (12.74%) and vitamin E (8.77%). The crude extract presented acaricidal activity in vitro against ingurgitated adult females, larvae and eggs of bovine tick. The LC99.9 for larvae was 103.21 mg mL-1 in in vitro tests and was 100% efficient for ex situ larva test (free-living stage). B. uniflora leaf extract is an alternative for the control of the bovine tick cycle, mainly in the free-living stage (non-parasitic stage) under field conditions.


Author(s):  
Breno Meirelles Costa Brito Passos ◽  
Lívia Santos Lima Lemos ◽  
Gisele Lopes de Oliveira ◽  
Jeilly Vivianne Ribeiro da S. B. de Carvalho ◽  
Paulo Sérgio Onofre ◽  
...  
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Biotemas ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Luciano Melo Souza ◽  
Marco Antonio Andrade Belo ◽  
Ives Charlie Silva

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2017v30n1p65O parasitismo por ácaros sempre foi objeto de preocupações e perdas relacionadas à produção animal, assim como à transmissibilidade de agentes etiológicos de importantes doenças; e aproximadamente 95% das formas evolutivas dos carrapatos em fase não parasitária encontram-se no ambiente. Com base na importância de se controlar estágios larvares dos ixodídeos no ambiente, este estudo avaliou a eficácia de acaricidas in vitro sobre larvas de Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus e Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Foram testadas: Cipermetrina 15% (T1); Deltametrina 25% (T2); associação de Cipermetrina 5% + Diclorvós 45% + Butóxido de piperolina 25% (T3); associação de Cipermetrina 15% + Clorpiriphos 25% + Citronela 1% (T4) e Amitraz 12,5% (T5). Para cada tratamento foram realizadas nove repetições contendo 20 larvas. As observações de motilidade foram realizadas: 1, 5, 10, 20 e 30 minutos após o tratamento (MPT); 1, 2, 6, 12 e 24 h após o tratamento (HPT); 5 dias após o tratamento (DPT). Os testes das larvas de R. (B.) microplus e R. sanguineus com deltametrina 25% serviram de controle positivo e demonstraram perda de motilidade de 100% das larvas com duas HPT para ambas de ixodídeos. O R. (B.) microplus apresentou maior sensibilidade aos desafios contendo a cipermetrina 15% e 5% associada ao diclorvós e butóxido de piperonila. Larvas de R. sanguineus apresentaram maior sensibilidade em menor tempo ao tratamento com amitraz a 12,5%. Contudo, apesar das diferenças no efeito acaricida observadas no decorrer dos tempos, obteve-se eficácia de 100% para todos os compostos inseticidas sobre os instares das duas espécies 12 HPT, demonstrando que, quando utilizados nas doses recomendadas pelos fabricantes, os produtos comerciais podem ser eficazes em estratégias de controle ambiental das larvas.


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