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Proteomics Approach to the Study of Cattle Tick Adaptation to White Tailed Deer

Approche protéomique de l'étude de l'adaptation de la tique du bétail au cerf à queue blanche

Abstract

Cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus , are a serious threat to animal health and production. Some ticks feed on a single host species while others such as R. microplus infest multiple hosts. White tailed deer (WTD) play a role in the maintenance and expansion of cattle tick populations. However, cattle ticks fed on WTD show lower weight and reproductive performance when compared to ticks fed on cattle, suggesting the existence of host factors that affect tick feeding and reproduction. To elucidate these factors, a proteomics approach was used to characterize tick and host proteins in R. microplus ticks fed on cattle and WTD. The results showed that R. microplus ticks fed on cattle have overrepresented tick proteins involved in blood digestion and reproduction when compared to ticks fed on WTD, while host proteins were differentially represented in ticks fed on cattle or WTD. Although a direct connection cannot be made between differentially represented tick and host proteins, these results suggested that differentially represented host proteins together with other host factors could be associated with higher R. microplus tick feeding and reproduction observed in ticks fed on cattle.

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hal-04178759 , version 1 (08-08-2023)

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Marina Popara, Margarita Villar, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Isabel Fernández de Mera, José de la Fuente. Proteomics Approach to the Study of Cattle Tick Adaptation to White Tailed Deer. 2013, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1155/2013/319812⟩. ⟨hal-04178759⟩
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