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ArticleJournal of insect science (Online)2023

Artificial infestation of white-tailed deer with ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to study tick-host interactions.

Alec S Baker, Kelly A Persinger, Pia U Olafson, Tammi L Johnson

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Article in Journal of insect science (Online), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alec S BakerDepartment of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, 495 Horticulture Road, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Kelly A PersingerTexas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1619 Garner Field Road, Uvalde, TX 78801, USA.
Pia U OlafsonLivestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2700 Fredericksburg Road, Kerrville, TX 78028, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0433-6172
Tammi L JohnsonDepartment of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, 495 Horticulture Road, College Station, TX 77843, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0752-0012
Texas A&M University System · USKnipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a main host for the adult life stages of tick species of medical and veterinary importance. Since white-tailed deer play a vital role in tick ecology, research has been conducted to understand this tick-host relationship. To date, research involving captive white-tailed deer and artificial infestation of these animals with ticks has focused on host suitability, the role of white-tailed deer in tick-borne diseases, and anti-tick vaccine research. The methodology reported for these studies was at times not descriptive and inconsistent regarding how and what region of the white-tailed deer was infested with ticks. Here, we propose a standardized method to artificially infest captive white-tailed deer with ticks for research purposes. The protocol describes a method proven effective to experimentally infest captive white-tailed deer with blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) to study tick-host interactions. The methods can be reliably transferred for experimental infestation of white-tailed deer by other multi-host and one-host tick species.

Indexed as

DeerIxodidaeTicksAnimalsEcologyartificial infestationcaptiveticktick–hostwhite-tailed deer

Identifiers

PMID37220088
PMCPMC10204995
OpenAlexW4377940432

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