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Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology
(National Program 104) in TX
Livestock Arthropod Pests Research
- Towards Novel Acaricide Development Against Cattle Fever Tick: GPCR Target Validation and Identification of Chemical Leads
- Sequencing Genomes and Transcriptomes of Livestock Pests
- Host Range Testing of Biological Control Insect Buakea kaueae to Reduce the Effect of Pathogenic Landscape Forming Guineagrass
- Sampling Screwworms from Endemic Regions
- Year 2 CFTEP Funding - Continue Investigation on Interaction of Long Acting Eprinomectin Product with Bm86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks
- Whole Genome Sequencing of the Face Fly, Musca Autumnalis
- Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding – Evaluation of Anti-tick Activity of Vaccines Based on Novel Antigen Formulations
- Host Range Testing of Cattle Fever Tick Biological Control Agents
- Integrated Eradication Efforts of the Cattle Fever Tick (CFT)
- Cattle Fever Tick Research Laboratory - Moore Air Base
- Interaction of a Long-acting Eprinomectin Product with BM86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks (Texas A&M)
- Assessing Immunity Correlates of Bm86 Vaccination in Cattle
- Multi-source Data Collection to Enhance Predictive Modeling for the Control of Cattle Fever Ticks
- Feed-through and Spray on Treatments of Insect Growth Regulators for Cattle and Wildlife
- Efficacy and safety studies using a 1% doramectin product and Bm86-based anti-cattle fever tick vaccine 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
- Screwworm Genetic Sexing Line Development
- Preventing Bovine Babesiosis by Characterizing Fever Tick Acaricide Resistance and Genetic Variation Within Vaccine Candidate Antigens
- Identifying Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Signatures in Screwworm and Related Flies to Develop Taxonomic Identification Keys and Enhanced Baits
- Integrated Pest Management of Flies of Veterinary Importance
- Integrated Pest Management of Cattle Fever Ticks
- Year 2: Integrated Eradication Efforts of the Cattle Fever Tick (CFT)
- Exploration in Africa for Biological Control Agents of Guineagrass an Invasive Weed that Facilitates the Survival of Cattle Fever Ticks in So. Texas
- 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?
- Year 2 Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Funding -Adapting Triode Atomizer to Spray Water-Based Acaricides
- Year 2 CFTEP Funding - Continue Investigation on Interaction of Long Acting Eprinomectin Product with Bm86 Vaccination Against Cattle Fever Ticks
- Year 2 CFTEP Funding-Continuation of Field Studies Using 1% Doramectin Product and Bm86-Based Vaccine Against Cattle Fever Ticks
- Innovative Technologies to Minimize the Risk for the Re-Emergence of Bovine Babesiosis in the U.S.
- Field Surveys in Vietnam to Collect and Rear Biological Control Agents of Cattle Fever Ticks
- Analysis of Ectoparasites of White-tailed Deer for Bovine Diseases at IBWC Land Adjacent to Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas
- Exploration in Africa for Biological Control Agents of Guineagrass; a Facilitator of Cattle Fever Tick Survival in South Texas
- Population Genetic Analysis of Cattle Fever Ticks Collected at IBWC Land Adjacent to Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas
- Functional Characterization of Sex-biased Odorant Receptors in Screwworm to Develop Sex Specific Baits
- Developing Phylogenomic-based Diagnostic Tools for Species Identification Across Diptera
- Interstadial and Temporal Changes in Rhipicephalus Microplus Salivary Glands and Salivary Extracellular Vesicles
- Organic Compounds for the Control of Rhipicephalus Microplus on Cattle
- Predilection Sites of Larvae, Nymphs, and Adults of Rhipicephalus Microplus
- Detection of Ivermectin Target-site Resistance in Rhipicephalus Microplus
- Elucidating Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in Stable Flies
- Field Collections and Rearing of Tick Parasitoids from Italy
- Field Collections and Rearing of Tick Parasitoids from Australia
- Collaborative Research Involving the Use of Biohazardous Materials, Biological Toxins, Non-Exempt rDNA, and/or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules
