Collaborations

The Livestock Arthropod Pests Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

BBCA ONLUS

Exploration in Africa for Biological Control Agents of Guineagrass; a Facilitator of Cattle Fever Tick Survival in South Texas

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CLEMSON, SC

Whole Genome Sequencing of the Face Fly, Musca Autumnalis

COMISION PANAMA-EEUU PARA ERRADICACION Y PREV

Sampling Screwworms from Endemic Regions

Screwworm Genetic Sexing Line Development

LEE AND RAMONA BASS FOUNDATION, Fort Worth, TX

Host Range Testing of Biological Control Insect Buakea kaueae to Reduce the Effect of Pathogenic Landscape Forming Guineagrass

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH

Field Surveys in Vietnam to Collect and Rear Biological Control Agents of Cattle Fever Ticks

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, FLAGSTAFF, AZ

Preventing Bovine Babesiosis by Characterizing Fever Tick Acaricide Resistance and Genetic Variation Within Vaccine Candidate Antigens

Population Genetic Analysis of Cattle Fever Ticks Collected at IBWC Land Adjacent to Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX

Innovative Technologies to Minimize the Risk for the Re-Emergence of Bovine Babesiosis in the U.S.

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH, College Station, TX

Towards Novel Acaricide Development Against Cattle Fever Tick: GPCR Target Validation and Identification of Chemical Leads

Interaction of a Long-acting Eprinomectin Product with BM86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks (Texas A&M)

Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding -Adapting Triode Atomizer to Spray Water-Based Acaricides

Year 2 CFTEP Funding-Continuation of Field Studies Using 1% Doramectin Product and Bm86-Based Vaccine Against Cattle Fever Ticks

Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding - Susceptibility of Rhipicephalus microplus to Nootkatone

Year 2 CFT Eradication Program Funding - Are Nilgai Antelope and Axis Deer Susceptible to Infection with a Virulent Strain of Babesia bovis?

Sequencing Genomes and Transcriptomes of Livestock Pests

Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding – Evaluation of Anti-tick Activity of Vaccines Based on Novel Antigen Formulations

Efficacy and safety studies using a 1% doramectin product and Bm86-based anti-cattle fever tick vaccine against cattle fever ticks

Assessing Immunity Correlates of Bm86 Vaccination in Cattle

Year 2 CFTEP Funding - Continue Investigation on Interaction of Long Acting Eprinomectin Product with Bm86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks

Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding - Development of Cattle Fever Tick Vaccine Based on the P-zero "P0" Antigen

Multi-source Data Collection to Enhance Predictive Modeling for the Control of Cattle Fever Ticks

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE, KINGSVILLE, TX

Feed-through and Spray on Treatments of Insect Growth Regulators for Cattle and Wildlife

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens, GA

Analysis of Ectoparasites of White-tailed Deer for Bovine Diseases at IBWC Land Adjacent to Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY

Identifying Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Signatures in Screwworm and Related Flies to Develop Taxonomic Identification Keys and Enhanced Baits

Functional Characterization of Sex-biased Odorant Receptors in Screwworm to Develop Sex Specific Baits

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE, SAN ANTONIO, TX

Year 2 CFTEP Funding - Continue Investigation on Interaction of Long Acting Eprinomectin Product with Bm86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY (UTRGV), Edinburg, TX

Host Range Testing of Cattle Fever Tick Biological Control Agents

Exploration in Africa for Biological Control Agents of Guineagrass an Invasive Weed that Facilitates the Survival of Cattle Fever Ticks in So. Texas

USDA, APHIS, PPQ, ER, RALEIGH, NC

Cattle Fever Tick Research Laboratory - Moore Air Base

USDA, APHIS, VS, CEAH, FORT COLLINS, CO

Year 2: Integrated Eradication Efforts of the Cattle Fever Tick (CFT)

Integrated Eradication Efforts of the Cattle Fever Tick (CFT)