Essays about: "tick-borne diseases"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words tick-borne diseases.
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1. Tick-borne diseases in roe deer - seroprevalence, possible cut-off and effects on health
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Understanding the interaction between roe deer and pathogens could potentially help us improve the health in both roe deer and humans. Here, I focused on broadening our basic understanding about three specific tick-borne pathogens, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. READ MORE
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2. Impact of rainfall on East Coast Fever in cattle at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Weather conditions commonly have a large impact on tick-borne diseases as it affects the abundance of the tick vector. The cattle disease East Coast Fever (ECF) is no exception. Rainfall particularly seems to play an important role in the transmission of ECF. READ MORE
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3. The role of diseases in mass mortality of wood lemmings (Myopus schisticolor)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Like many other rodent species, the wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) exhibits cycles with large population peaks but unlike most other European rodents, these peaks are frequently followed by mass mortality. It is largely unknown what pathogens wood lemmings carry and if pathogens could affect their population dynamics. READ MORE
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4. Species identification and pathogen detection by FLUIDIGM, a high-throughput PCR technique in ticks collected from northern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Due to the environmental climate changes, northern Sweden is potentially a geographical area where new tick species could become established and introduce along with them new tick-borne pathogens. High-throughput real-time PCR, FLUIDIGM, was selected to perform the pathogen detection in this study. READ MORE
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5. The direct and indirect relation between ungulates on small mammals
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Ungulates are increasing in Europe, including Sweden and can cause changes to forest structure and forest-dwelling animals. This study is focused on the relation between various ungulate species and small mammal abundance in Swedish forests, through the alteration of ground vegetation cover and directly through food competition. READ MORE