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Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a pathogen of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Published: October 24, 2017
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Introduction The southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) is a persistent vector for infective tick-borne diseases in cattle such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis (Cossio-Bayugar, Miranda, and Holman 2005). The endemic nature of this bovine blood-sucking ectoparasite is considered an obstacle for development of the cattle industry in tropical and subtrop...
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Bernardo Sachman Ruiz
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Umberto Francesa
27 de junio de 2018
What are the possibilities that this discovery would lead to a biological control of R.microplus?
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