Improved Antigen Detection of Male-Only <i>Dirofilaria immitis</i> Infections in Canine Serum after Heat Treatment for Immune Complex Dissociation

by Jeff Gruntmeir, Maureen Long, Byron Blagburn, Heather Walden
Published 2023-03-01

Interrupted Blood Feeding in Ticks: Causes and Consequences

by Djamel Tahir, Leon Meyer, Josephus Fourie, Frans Jongejan, Thomas Mather, Valérie Choumet, Byron Blagburn, Reinhard K. Straubinger, Marie Varloud
Published 2020-06-01

Nationwide molecular survey of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in companion dogs and cats, United States of America

by Rachel Smith, Daniel Felipe Barrantes Murillo, Kelly Chenoweth, Subarna Barua, Patrick John Kelly, Lindsay Starkey, Byron Blagburn, Theresa Wood, Chengming Wang
Published 2022-10-01

Vectra 3D (dinotefuran, pyriproxyfen and permethrin) prevents acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto by Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis ticks in an ex vivo feeding...

by Djamel Tahir, Btissam Asri, Leon Nicolaas Meyer, Alec Evans, Thomas Mather, Byron Blagburn, Reinhard K. Straubinger, Valérie Choumet, Frans Jongejan, Marie Varloud
Published 2021-08-01

A nationwide serological survey for Dirofilaria immitis in companion cats in the United States of America: 3.5% antibody and 0.3% antigen positivity

by Daniel Felipe Barrantes Murillo, Lindsay Starkey, Theresa Wood, Rachel Smith, Byron Blagburn, Joy Bowles, Hill Allen, Caroline Lewis, Yue Shu, Chengming Wang
Published 2023-08-01