Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick in vitro feeding methods for functional (dsRNA) and vaccine candidate (antibody) screening

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 500-510

  Lew Tabor, Ala E ^a,b,d   Bruyeres, Anthea G ^a,c   Zhang, Bing ^a,c   Rodriguez Valle, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody; Bm86; Capillary tube feeding; DsRNA; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BM86 ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT BM86 ANTIGEN; TICKGARD; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; BM86 PROTEIN, BOOPHILUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY TUBE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; SHEEP; STANDARDIZATION; TICK INFESTATION; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PICHIA; RHIPICEPHALUS; SERUM;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; OVIS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SERUM; SHEEP; VACCINES;

EID: 84904038615     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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