Preliminary Study on Artificial versus Animal-Based Feeding Systems for Amblyomma Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Hard ticks pose a threat to animal and human health. Active life stages need to feed on a vertebrate host in order to complete their life cycle. To study processes such as tick-pathogen interactions or drug efficacy and pharmacokinetics, it is necessary to maintain tick colonies under defined labora...

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Main Authors:	Sebastian, Patrick, Król, Nina, Novoa, María Belén, Nijhof, Ard Menzo, Pfeffer, Martin, Nava, Santiago, Obiegala, Anna
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	MDPI 2025
Subjects:	Amblyomma Ticks Feeding Systems Tick-borne Diseases Laboratory Animals Laboratory Experimentation Garrapata Sistema de Alimentación Enfermedad Transmitida por Garrapatas Animal de Laboratorio Experimentación en Laboratorio
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22258 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/5/1107 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11051107