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ARS Home Plains Area Kerrville, Texas Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit People & Locations







Lauren  Maestas
                        Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit

                        




                        
                        Research Ecologist
                        Phone: (956) 205-7954
                        
                        
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                            ProjectsIntegrated Pest Management of Cattle Fever Ticks
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 436694**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Do cattle exhibit avoidance behavior to Rhipicephalus microplus in a highly infested pasture?

- (Abstract Only)Preventative methods to reduce the spread of cattle fever ticks on wildlife and protect local endangered species in South Texas
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Goolsby, J., Maestas, L.P., Garcia III, R., May, M.A., Lohmeyer, K.H., Picanso, J., Anderson, D., Coy, J., Bonilla, D. 2023. Preventative methods to reduce the spread of cattle fever ticks on wildlife and protect local endangered species in South Texas. Southwestern Entomologist. https://doi.org/10.3958/059.048.0201.Effect of erythritol and sucralose formulation on the survivorship of the mosquito Aedes aegypti
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Maestas, L.P., Lee, J.C., Choi, M.Y. 2023. Effect of erythritol and sucralose formulation on the survivorship of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Florida Entomologist. 106(2):129-132. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.106.0210.Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard during the 20th century
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Egiza, A., Maestas, L.P. 2022. Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard during the 20th century. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.11.007.The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and spotted fever group Rickettsia in the highly urbanized northeastern US
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bajwa, W.I., Tsynman, L., Egizi, A.M., Tokarz, R., Maestas, L.P., Fonseca, D.M. 2022. The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and spotted fever group Rickettsia in the highly urbanized northeastern US. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac053.Evaluation of the repellency of Stop the Bites® botanical acaricide to white-tailed deer at corn feeders
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Goolsby, J., Maestas, L.P., Saelao, P., Lohmeyer, K.H. 2022. Evaluation of the repellency of Stop the Bites® botanical acaricide to white-tailed deer at corn feeders. Southwestern Entomologist. https://doi.org/10.3958/059.047.0202.


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