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ArticleParasites & vectors2025

Infection with Babesia bovis alters metabolic rates of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks across life stages.

Kayla N Earls, Karen Poh, Massaro Ueti, Kennan Oyen

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Kayla N EarlsDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-7040, USA.
Karen PohAnimal Diseases Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3003 ADBF, Pullman, WA, 99164-6630, USA.
Massaro UetiAnimal Diseases Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3003 ADBF, Pullman, WA, 99164-6630, USA.
Kennan OyenAnimal Diseases Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3003 ADBF, Pullman, WA, 99164-6630, USA. kennan.oyen@usda.gov.

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Agricultural Research Service (#2090-32000-040-000D)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMetabolic responses to infection differ based on arthropod and pathogen. Increased metabolic rates can result in faster depletion of energetic resources, and decreases may allow for energy conservation. Babesia bovis is a protozoan pathogen transmitted by the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus. Adult female ticks acquire B. bovis by feeding on an infected animal. Babesia bovis undergoes development and invades the ovaries where it is transmitted transovarially to tick offspring. The effects of infection on R. microplus metabolic rate are not well studied.

methodsWe tested the hypothesis that R. microplus infected with B. bovis would have altered metabolic rates (volume of carbon dioxide [VCO

resultsInfected replete females have decreased VCO

conclusionsVCO

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Babesia bovisBabesiosisLife Cycle StagesRhipicephalusAnimalsCarbon DioxideCattleCattle DiseasesFemaleHemolymphLarvaCarbon DioxideArthropod vectorCattle fever tickFlow-through respirometryMetabolic rateProtozoan pathogenTransovarial transmission

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PMID40025533
PMCPMC11872307

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