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 constrained...

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Main Authors:	Matika, O., Foster, S., Githaka, Naftaly W., Owido, Gad, Ngetich, Collins, Mwendia, C., Brown, H., Caulfield, J., Watson, Kellie, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Birkett, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2023
Subjects:	cattle disease control tick-borne diseases animal diseases infectious diseases microbiology parasitology
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130520