Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRothamsted Researchen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationEgerton Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of South Africaen_US
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorNational Research Fund, Kenyaen_US
cg.contributor.donorGrowing Health Institute Strategic Programmeen_US
cg.contributor.donorNewton-Utafiti (UK-Kenya) Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen_US
cg.creator.identifierNaftaly Githaka: 0000-0003-4530-7164en_US
cg.creator.identifierAppolinaire Djikeng: 0000-0001-9271-3419en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102200en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1877-959Xen_US
cg.issue5en_US
cg.journalTicks and Tick-borne Diseasesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.speciesBos taurusen_US
cg.speciesBos indicusen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.volume14en_US
dc.contributor.authorMatika, O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFoster, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGithaka, Naftaly W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOwido, Gaden_US
dc.contributor.authorNgetich, Collinsen_US
dc.contributor.authorMwendia, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCaulfield, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Kellieen_US
dc.contributor.authorDjikeng, Appolinaireen_US
dc.contributor.authorBirkett, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-30T07:56:59Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-05-30T07:56:59Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130520en_US
dc.titleInvestigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticksen_US
dcterms.abstractTicks and tick-borne diseases cause significant loss in livestock production with about 80% world's cattle at risk. The cost of chemical control is high and there is an ever-increasing tick resistance to chemical acaricides. Genetic selection as alternative long-term control strategy is constrained by laborious phenotyping using tick counts or scores. This study explored the use of host volatile semiochemicals that may be attractants or repellents to ticks as a phenotype for new tick resistance, with potential to be used as a proxy in selection programmes. Approximately 100 young cattle composed of Bos indicus and Bos taurus were artificially infested with 2,500 African blue tick, Rhipicephalus decoloratus larvae, with daily female tick (4.5 mm) counts taken from day 20 post-infestation. Volatile organic compounds were sampled from cattle before and after tick infestation by dynamic headspace collection, analysed by high-resolution gas chromatography (GC) and subjected to multivariate statistical analysis. Using 6-day repeated measure analysis, three pre-infestation GC peaks (BI938 - unknown, BI966 - 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and BI995 – hexyl acetate) and one post-infestation GC peak (AI933 – benzaldehyde / (E)-2-heptenal) were associated with tick resistance (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05 respectively). The high correlation coefficients (r = 0.66) between repeated records with all volatile compounds support the potential predictive value for volatile compounds in selective breeding programmes for tick resistance in cattle.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMatika, O., Foster, S., Githaka, N., Owido, G., Ngetich, C., Mwendia, C., Brown, H., Caulfield, J., Watson, K., Djikeng, A. and Birkett, M. 2023. Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 14(5): 102200.en_US
dcterms.extent102200en_US
dcterms.issued2023-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen_US
dcterms.subjecttick-borne diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectinfectious diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectmicrobiologyen_US
dcterms.subjectparasitologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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