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Årets första #fästing #tick

I am pleased to share the second manuscript from my MSc research on sustainable #tick control using an attract-and-kill strategy, published with @springernature.com in Experimental and Applied Acarology

Prolonged fecal elimination of isoxazoline antiparasitic drugs in dogs and cats: is there a risk for nontarget species? Abstract. Isoxazoline antiparasitic drugs are a new class of ectoparasiticides used in veterinary medicine for companion animals. Four active substances—fl

Isoxazoline is a new class of antiparasitic #drugs for #tick and #flea control in companion animals.

Researchers found isoxazoline passes active substances into the environment via animal feces, causing off-target toxicity and disrupting ecological balance.

academic.oup.com/etc/article/...
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#Tick Tock
A heartbeat
A #monitor
A test
A race
An alarm

Time running
Escaping from today
Because the ugly
Is coloring the picture grey
Making us think
It's OK
But even in sleep
We'll have to pay
For every life
Led astray

#2wordprompt

Those who monitor time
twenty-four hours of the day
obsessed by the constant ticking of a clock
watch time drift away

#2wordprompt #monitor #tick

your harvest is so #bountiful, I #claim half as bounty

Bounty for what?

For not taking it all

you are #befogged, a #tick has infected you

not at all, I #monitor your production

#vss365 #vssdaily #wss366 #2WordPrompt

#Open Sesame! - looted!!
you didn't #monitor, so
now get out, you are booted
#tick tock time you were scooted

#7syllablesentence #2WordPrompt

#2wordprompt

After 3 days
I couldn't find
The source
The #tick
Not a clock
Not metal on metal
Nor wood
Nor glass
Not a tink or a clink
Or a thud or a clunk
Not a clack, click, flap, slap, tock, drip, or shudder
Something simple
Something to #monitor
And ponder
Not a bomb
...surely...
Right??...?

There was a mutiny on the HMS #Bountiful. On the #monitor the mutineers watched the #furious captain and his men drift off in an escape pod. They were all bureaucrats. Let the officious XO #tick off their meagre supplies, at last there would be a use for the man.

#vss365 #2wordprompt #vssmagic #sff

Monitoring clocks
For the workday's end tick-tock
slow as a watched pot.

#2wordprompt #monitor #tick #haiku #senryu

Puppy, aka "The Garden Guardian," a small brown and white beagle running through snow in the backyard, kicking up powder as she moves across the winter landscape.

despite monthly meds
garden guardian got sick
monitor for ticks

#2WordPrompt #Monitor #Tick #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Ehrlichiosis #Photography #Dogs #Beagle #DogsOfBluesky #RescueDogs #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #EastCoastKin

#2wordprompt #monitor #tick #scifi #writing #sff #amwriting #horror #dystopia

Live updates: Trump on ‘Operation Epic Fury’; won’t rule out sending U.S. troops into Iran if ‘necessary’ Follow NBC News' live coverage as the U.S. and Israel attack Iran, Tehran hits back across the Gulf, and Hezbollah strikes from Lebanon, while Iran chooses a new supreme leader after the killing of Ay...

Can someone ask #Luna #Tick if this constitutes a war yet?
All members of a normal Congress would care that USA is at war, but this isn’t a normal Congress.

Live updates: Trump on ‘Operation Epic Fury’; won’t rule out sending U.S. troops into Iran if ‘necessary’ www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Fascinating @monashuniversity.bsky.social research showing how a #tick protein can switch off harmful #inflammation. A single #evasin targeting multiple #chemokines could open new paths for treating RA, MS, #cancer & more. Nature still has a lot to teach us.
www.linkedin.com/posts/drmelv...

Teen the first Australian confirmed to have died from tick-induced red meat allergy Teenager Jeremy Webb's death in 2022 is the first documented fatal case of mammalian meat allergy in the country and second in the world.

🕷️ #Australia 🇦🇺: "Teenager Jeremy Webb died of meat #allergy from #tick bites, coroner finds" via Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

#TickborneDiseases #AlphaGalSyndrome

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Best Practices for Tick Removal? May 13, 2024 (edited Sept 5, 2024) Common Guidelines for Tick Removal It is generally agreed upon by government and health authorities around the world that removing ticks using tweezers is the saf…

Best practices for #tick removal in terms of preventing #disease transmission seems to lack scientific validation.

I've written a piece on the topic here:
uniofnomi.wordpress.com/2024/05/23/b...

(Looking for critique! And suggestions for additional papers!)

#PublicHealth #BestPractices

Immune interactions of entomopathogens with #mosquito and #tick #vectors Entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria offer promising alternatives to chemical insecticides for controlling #mosquitoes and #ticks—key #vectors of malaria and #lyme disease. However, their efficacy largely depends on immune interactions between pathogens and hosts. Here, we focus on #mosquitoes and #ticks as representative disease #vectors and dissect conserved and divergent immune responses, from physical barriers to cellular defenses and key humoral pathways, with mechanistic insights informed by insect model systems. Furthermore, we elucidate diverse virulence and immune evasion strategies that enable pathogen infection. By synthesizing foundational and contemporary research, we examine the coevolutionary arms race between entomopathogens and #mosquito and #tick hosts, with the goal of translating these insights into next-generation strategies for #vector control and public health protection.

Immune interactions of entomopathogens with #mosquito and #tick #vectors Trends_Parasitol

Few studies examine the effect of different #tick removal techniques on #disease transmission. This means "best practices" for removing attached #ticks to prevent tick-bourne illness lacks scientific validation!

The latest review on the subject: journals.lww.com/apallergy/fu...

I would like to formally apologize. I crawled up John Davidson’s ass during the BAFTA awards, and made him say the N-word. But I was paid by BAFTA so his documentary would make a little more money now the truth is out. #bafta #Tick #TheTick

Immune interactions of entomopathogens with #mosquito and #tick #vectors Entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria offer promising alternatives to chemical insecticides for controlling #mosquitoes and #ticks—key #vectors of malaria and #lyme disease. However, their efficacy largely depends on immune interactions between pathogens and hosts. Here, we focus on #mosquitoes and #ticks as representative disease #vectors and dissect conserved and divergent immune responses, from physical barriers to cellular defenses and key humoral pathways, with mechanistic insights informed by insect model systems. Furthermore, we elucidate diverse virulence and immune evasion strategies that enable pathogen infection. By synthesizing foundational and contemporary research, we examine the coevolutionary arms race between entomopathogens and #mosquito and #tick hosts, with the goal of translating these insights into next-generation strategies for #vector control and public health protection.

Immune interactions of entomopathogens with #mosquito and #tick #vectors Trends_Parasitol

Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

Here we have the dorsal and ventral view of an Ixodes #tick, identified by its elongated mouthparts and orange-red crescent markings:

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Tick outbreak raises questions over Queensland's biosecurity Queensland is known for its hardline biosecurity stance against foreign pests, but farmers say a recent cattle tick outbreak has exposed systemic weaknesses.

Tick outbreak raises questions over Queensland's biosecurity #cattle #tick #taroom

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Happy Year of the #Horse!

Let's learn about Equine Piroplasmosis - a malaria-like parasitic disease of horses spread by #tick bites. Symptoms vary from benign to deadly, and, as in humans, is tricky to diagnose as tests rely on the presence of antibodies:
thehorse.com/1130282/equi...

#parasitology