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 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 constra...

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Hauptverfasser: Oswald Matika, Sarah Foster, Naftaly Githaka, Gad Owido, Collins Ngetich, Charles Mwendia, Helen Brown, John Caulfield, Kellie Watson, Appolinaire Djikeng, Michael Birkett
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Schriftenreihe:Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
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Online Zugang:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X2300081X