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TICK, FLEA, MOSQUITO VECTOR-BORNE
DISEASE RESEARCH

Poché DM, Wagner D, Green K, Smith Z, Hawthorne N, Tseveenjav B, Poché RM. (2023). Development of a low dose fipronil deer feed: Evaluation of efficacy against two medically important tick species parasitizing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) under pen conditions.  Parasites and Vectors 16: 94. https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-023-05689-1

Poché DM, Wagner D, Hawthorne N, Tseveenjav B, Poché RM. (2023). Development of a low-dose fipronil deer feed: Bait-screening and range-finding to determine the optimal formulation to control blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) feeding on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Vector Ecology. 48(2):103-12.  https://doi.org/10.52707/1081-1710-48.2.103

Poché DM, Smith Z, Poché RM. (2023). Efficacy of a federally approved flea bait, orally administered to white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), against blood feeding Ixodes scapularis larvae under simulated field conditions. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 21, 33-42.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.001

Poché, D., Dawson, K., Tseveenjav, B., Poché, R.  (2021). Efficacy of low-dose fipronil bait against blacklegged tick (lxodes scapularis) larvae feeding on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) under simulated field conditions. Parasites & Vectors. 14, 459 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-021-04930-z

Poché, D., Franckowiak, G., Clarke, T., Tseveenjav, B., Polyakova, L., Poché, R. (2020) Efficacy of a low dose fipronil bait against blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) larvae feeding on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) under laboratory conditions. Parasites Vectors, 13: 391. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04258-0

Poché, D., Clarke, T., Tseveenjav, B., Torres-Poché, Z., (2020). Evaluating the use of a low dose fipronil bait in reducing black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) fleas at reduced application rates. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 13: 292-298,  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224420301061

Poché RM, Githaka N, van Gool F, Kading RC, Hartman D, Polyakova L, Abworo EO, Nene V, Lozano-Fuentes S. Preliminary efficacy investigations of oral fipronil against Anopheles arabiensis when administered to Zebu cattle (Bos indicus) under field conditions. Acta Tropica. 2017 Dec 1;176:126-33. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X17302899

Poche, D., D. Hartman, L. Polyakova, and R. Poche. 2017. Efficacy of a Fipronil Bait in Reducing the Number of Fleas (Oropsylla spp.) Infesting Wild Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs. J. Vector Ecol. 42(1):171-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12252

Lozano-Fuentes, S., Kading, R.C., Hartman, D.A., Okoth, E., Githaka, N., Nene, V., Poché, R.M. (2016). Evaluation of a topical formulation of eprinomectin against Anopheles arabiensis when administered to Zebu cattle (Bos indicus) under field conditions. Malaria Journal, 15:324 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1361-z

Cameron, M. M., Acosta-Serrano, A., Bern, C., Boelaert, M., den Boer, M., Burza, S.,  Weetman, D. (2016). Understanding the transmission dynamics of Leishmania donovani to provide robust evidence for interventions to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Parasites & Vectors, 9:25.

Poché, R.M., Burrus, D., Polyakova, L., Poché, D.M., Garlapati, R.B. (2015). Treatment of livestock with systemic insecticides for control of Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 14:351 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0883-0

Golnar, A. J., Turell, M. J., LaBeaud, A. D., Kading, R. C., & Hamer, G. L. (2014). Predicting the Mosquito Species and Vertebrate Species Involved in the Theoretical Transmission of Rift Valley Fever Virus in the United States. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(9), e3163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003163

 

Rood, M. and R.M. Poché.  2010. Effect of a Feed-Through Insecticide (Imidacloprid) on the Flea Index of a Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Focus in Los Angeles, California. Proceedings 24th Vertebrate Pet Conference. Sacramento, CA. pp 333-336.


Borchert, J.N., R.D. Davis, and R.M. Poché.  2009. Field efficacy of rodent bait containing the systemic insecticide imidacloprid against the fleas of California ground squirrels. J. Vector Ecology, 34(1): 92-98.


Davis, R.M., J.N. Borchert, R.M. Poché, and J. J. Bruening. 2008.  Decreasing the risks of plague to wildlife and humans using easily applied ground squirrel baits.  International Plague Symposium.  Ft. Collins, Co. USA.


Dolan, M.C., N.C. Ziedner, E. Gabitzsch, G. Dietrich, J.N. Borchert, R.M. Poche, and J. Piezman.  2008.  Short report: A doxycycline hyclate rodent bait formulations for prophylaxis and treatment of tick-transmitted Borellia burgdorferi. Am. J. Trop. Hyg. & Med., 78(5):803-805.


Poché, R.M., J.N. Borchert, and J. Bruenning.  2008.  Efficacy of a systemic insecticide against fleas on Wyoming ground squirrels (Spermophilus elegans) and prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).  International Plague Symposium.  Ft. Collins, Co. USA

Borchert, J.N. 2004. The Epizoology and Response to the Bioweapon Use of the Plague Organism, Yersinia pestis, in Commensal Rodents. In Proceedings: 21th Vertebrate Pest Conference. R.M. Timm and W.P. Gorenzel eds. University of California, Davis, oral presentation.


Borchert, J.N. 2004. Flea Control on Wild Rodents. 2nd National Rodent Summit, National Wildlife Research Center/USDA, oral presentation.

Borchert, J.N., J.J. Mach. 2004. Can the Systemic Insecticide Nitenpyram be Used for Flea Control on Black-tailed Prairie Dogs? In Recovery of the Black-Footed Ferret: Progress and Continuing Challenges. Proceedings of the USGS Symposium on the Status of the Black-Footed Ferret and Its Habitat.



Borchert, J.N. 2002. Current Control Strategies to Combat Lyme Disease in the North-Central and Eastern U.S. In Proceedings: 20th Vertebrate Pest Conference. R.M. Timm and R.H. Schmidt eds. University of California, Davis, oral presentation.


Poché, R.M., J. Keirans. 1975.  Report of a tick, Ornithodoros rossi (Acarina: Argasidae), from the spotted bat, Euderma maculatum (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). J. Med. Ent., 12(5): 503.


Radovsky F., R.M. Poché. 1975. First report of an ectoparasite, Cryptonyssus desultorius (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae), associated with the spotted bat. J. Med. Ent., 12(3): 394.

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