| spotted fever group rickettsia infecting ticks (acari: ixodidae) in the state of santa catarina, brazil. | during 2006-2008, a total of 260 adult ticks were collected from domestic and wild animals in different regions of the state of santa catarina (sc), brazil, including areas where human cases of brazilian spotted fever have been reported. collected ticks belonging to nine species (amblyomma aureolatum, amblyomma cajennense, amblyomma dubitatum, amblyomma longirostre, amblyomma ovale, amblyomma tigrinum, dermacentor nitens, rhipicephalus microplus and rhipicephalus sanguineus) were tested by polym ... | 2011 | 22241112 |
| selective control of rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus in fipronil-treated cattle raised on natural pastures in lages, state of santa catarina, brazil. | an examination of a selective control of rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus and consequent cost reduction was carried out in two areas of native pasture in the municipality of lages, state of santa catarina, southern brazil, from may 2007 to april 2009. forty cattle were divided into two groups of 20 animals each (conventional and selective control groups). at 14-day intervals female ticks larger than 4.5 mm found on the right flank of cattle bodies were counted, and these results multiplied by ... | 2011 | 21439225 |