Simple Summary Vector-borne diseases are often zoonotic and so a One Health approach
must be employed in order to investigate and control them. Therefore, surveillance of …

Foraging ticks reportedly exploit diverse cues to locate their hosts. Here, we tested the
hypothesis that host-seeking Western black-legged ticks, Ixodes pacificus, and black-legged …

Abstract Deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena
Bequaert, 1942) are parasitic flies that primarily attack cervids and occasionally bite …

Background Tick-borne diseases have been increasing at the local, national, and global
levels. Researchers studying ticks and tick-borne diseases need a thorough knowledge of …

Abstract Deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena
Bequaert, 1942) are blood-feeding ectoparasites that primarily attack cervids and …

In October 2020, three captive male white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
[Zimmermann](artiodactyla: Cervidae), were found dead in central Pennsylvania and a …

Ectoparasites are fundamental to ecosystems, playing a key role in trophic regulation. Fleas,
mites, and ticks are common hematophagous ectoparasites that infest shared mammalian …

To explore how the one-host tick Dermacentor albipictus survives off-host, we determined
water balance characteristics of eggs and larvae. In contrast to eggs, larvae lost water fast …

Concomitant infection with more than one parasite species is the rule in nature. Since co-
infecting parasites are exploiting the same host, interspecific interactions at the …

Winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) are an aggressive one-host tick that infest a wide-
diversity of ungulates. Infestations can result in anemia, alopecia, emaciation, and death …