Supvy Res Ent
john.george@ars.usda.gov
Phone: (830) 792-0303
Fax: (830) 792-0302
Room 1
2700 FREDERICKSBURG RD
KERRVILLE, TX, 78029-9184

Project List

	Molecular Biology of Boophilus Microplus
	Developing and Using Molecular and Biochemical Methods for the Diagnosis of Acaricide Resistance in Boophilus Microplus
	Technology to Control Ticks Affecting Livestock and Humans
	Sustainable Pest Management Systems for Blood-Feeding Flies Affecting Livestock
	The Use of Doramectin Microspheres to Treat Cattle and Sheep to Eradicate the Tropical Bont Tick
	Integrated Control of the Lyme Tick, Ioxides Scapularis

Publications

	THE THERAPEUTIC AND PERSISTENT EFFICACY OF A SINGLE APPLICATION OF DORAMECTIN APPLIED EITHER AS A POUR-ON OR INJECTION TO CATTLE INFESTED WITH BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI:IXODIDAE)- (09-Oct-03)
	THE IMPACT OF ACARICIDE-RESISTANT TICKS ON THE EXPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM MEXICO INTO THE U.S.- (25-Aug-03)
	CHEMICAL CONTROL OF TICKS ON CATTLE AND THE RESISTANCE OF THESE PARASITES TO ACARICIDES- (04-Aug-03)
	INTRODUCED TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES: THE THREAT AND APPROACHES TO ERADICATION- (26-Aug-02)
	CREATING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY METHODS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES AFFECTING LIVESTOCK- (15-Apr-02)
	PRESENT AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR TICK CONTROL; TECHNOLOGIES FOR TICK CONTROL- (12-Jun-99)
	CONTROL OF AN ORGANOPHOSPHATE-RESISTANT STRAIN OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) INFESTED ON CATTLE FOLLOWING A SERIES OF DIPS IN COUMAPHOS APPLIED AT DIFFERENT TREATMENT INTERVALS- (14-Oct-03)
	EFFICACY OF VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF COUMPAHOS TO CONTROL ADULT, NYMPHAL, AND LARVAL STAGES OF AN ORGANOPHOSPHATE-RESISTANT STRAIN OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS ON INFESTED CATTLE- (23-Jan-03)
	EFFICACY OF MACROCYCLIC LACTONE ENDECTOCIDES AGAINST BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) INFESTED ON CATTLE USING DIFFERENT POUR-ON APPLICATION TREATMENT REGIMES- (15-Apr-02)
	EFFICACY OF A SINGLE WHOLE-BODY SPRAY TREATMENT OF THE NATURALLY DERIVED ARTHROPOD CONTROL AGENT, SPINOSAD, AGAINST BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI:IXODIDAE) ON CATTLE- (11-May-01)
	CHARCTERIZATION OF ACARICIDE RESISTANCE IN RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS (LATREILLE) (ACARI:IXODIDAE) COLLECTED FROM THE COROZAL ARMY VETERINARY QUARANTINE CENTER, PANAMA- (03-Nov-00)
	INTRODUCTION OF NONINDIGENOUS ARTHROPOD PESTS OF ANIMALS- (03-Sep-99)
	EFFICACY OF COUMAPHOS APPLIED AS A DIP FOR THE CONTROL OF AN ORGANOPHOSPHORUS RESISTANT STRAIN OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) ON CATTLE- (03-Aug-99)
	MODIFICATION OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION LARVAL PACKET TEST TOMEASURE AMITRAZ-SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE CATTLE TICK, BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)- (25-Mar-02)
	ALLELE FREQUENCY AND GENE EXPRESSION OF A PUTATIVE CARBOXYLESTERASE- ENCODING GENE IN A PYRETHROID RESISTANT STRAIN OF THE TICK BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS- (20-Dec-01)
	EFFICACY OF DAILY ORAL TREATMENTS OF IVERMECTIN ADMINISTERED TO CATTLE INFESTED WITH BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)- (17-Aug-01)
	EFFICACY OF AMITRAZ APPLIED TO WHITE-TAILED DEER BY '4-POSTER' PASSIVE TOPICAL TREATMENT DEVICE IN CONTROLLING FREE-LIVING LONE STAR TICKS (ACARI:IXODIDAE) IN DEER-FENCED PASTURES IN TEXAS- (11-Jul-00)
	DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMITRAZ RESISTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN CATTLE TICK, BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)- (01-Oct-03)
	CHARACTERIZATION OF AMITRAZ RESISTANCE IN BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT- (25-Aug-03)
	SURVEY OF RESISTANCE TO PERMETHRIN AND DIAZINON AND THE USE OF A MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY TO DETECH RESISTANCE ALLELES IN THE HORN FLY, HAEMATOBIO IRRITANS IRRITANS (L.)- (18-Aug-03)
	INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO FLUMETHRIN IN THE MEXICAN ALDAMA STRAIN OF THE CATTLE TICK BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI:IXODIDAE)- (31-May-03)
	RESISTANCE TO COUMAPHOS AND DIAZINON IN BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) AND EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF AN OXIDATIVE DETOXIFICATION MECHANISM- (01-Apr-03)
	ADULT IMMERSION TESTS OF ACARICIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN STRAINS OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS- (25-Aug-03)
	DISTRIBUTION OF HORN FLIES ON INDIVIDUAL COWS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL HORN FLY POPULATION- (30-Jul-03)
	EFFICACY OF THE IVOMEC SR BOLUS FOR CONTROL OF HORN FLIES (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) ON CATTLE IN SOUTH TEXAS- (10-Jun-03)
	THE IVOMEC SR BOLUS FOR CONTROL OF BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS (SAY) (ACARI: IXODIDAE) ON CATTLE IN SOUTH TEXAS- (24-Jul-01)
	IDENTIFICATION OF A POINT MUTATION IN THE PARA-TYPE SODIUM CHANNEL GENE FROM A PYRETHROID-RESISTANT CATTLE TICK- (06-Jul-99)
	SUSCEPTIBILITY OF HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) TO PERMETHRIN IN DAIRIES IN AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO- (17-May-02)
	USE OF A MODIFIED-LARVAL PACKET TEST TO MEASURE AMITRAZ SUSCEPTIBILITY IN B. MICROPLUS IN BRAZIL, NEW CALEDONIA, & URUGUAY, AND A COMPARISON OF THE MODIFIED-LPT TO A MODIFIED-SHAW TECHNIQUE FOR AMITRAZ TESTING IN B. MICROPLUS- (25-Aug-03)
	ORGANOPHOSPHATE RESISTANCE IN MEXICAN STRAINS OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS: A MAJOR THREAT TO THE U.S. CATTLE INDUSTRY- (19-Jul-04)