Tick vaccine research in Australia has demonstrated leadership worldwide through the
development of the first anti-tick vaccine in the 1990s. Australia's Commonwealth Scientific …

Venom producing animals are ubiquitously disseminated among vertebrates and
invertebrates such as fish, snakes, scorpions, spiders, and ticks. Of the~ 890 tick species …

The paralysis tick of Australia, Ixodes holocyclus, causes a severe toxicosis in domestic
animals such as dogs and cats, livestock, and in some cases, humans. It is characterised by …

Objective To determine the incidence and nature of adverse reactions of dogs and cats to
tick antitoxin serum and to re‐evaluate the role of atropine in the treatment of tick paralysis …

The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is arguably the world's most economically important
external parasite of cattle. Sustainable cattle tick control strategies are required to maximise …

This review of tick paralysis caused by Ixodes holocyclus in Australia addresses the
question: What are the key discoveries that have enabled effective treatment and prevention …

Sensitive biological assays of toxin/antitoxin potency have been developed to assist in
research on characterization of salivary toxins of the Australian paralysis tick Ixodes …

Background Ixodes holocyclus ticks are a frequently fatal threat to dogs in eastern Australia.
These ticks secrete a neurotoxin that can produce an ascending paralysis after 72 h …

We studied 22,840 cases of tick paralysis in dogs and cats that were attributable to
infestation with the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. We report that the mortality …

Ixodes holocyclus is the paralysis tick commonly found in Australia. I. holocyclus does not
cause paralysis in the primary host–bandicoots, but markedly affects secondary hosts such …