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2025-04-30 @ 18.38.56 ∈ In English

(Confusingly, the article doesn’t elaborate on how a resistance against what’s effectively a physical attack can possibly work, but apparently it’s mainly a resistance against the many bioactive substances that ticks need to inject into the host in order to feed successfully, according to another paper from 2020.)

Once bitten, animals develop resistance that shrinks tick population
[Researchers] at Washington State University found that once host animals were exposed to ticks, they developed resistance to bites that dramatically shrank the tick population going forward.
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2024-05-21 @ 20.30.31 ∈ In English

Mosquito Meal: Study Shows Pests’ Potential as Livestock Feed
A test of chicken feed with protein from mass-trapped mosquitoes shows farmed chickens readily eat it, with no effects on weight gained or meat quality.
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2023-11-18 @ 13.58.40 ∈ In English

Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several US states
Veterinary laboratories in several states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs, and encouraging people to take basic precautions to keep their pets healthy as veterinarians try to pin down what’s making the animals sick.
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2023-11-06 @ 18.59.28 ∈ In English

Millions of sterile fruit flies are being dropped on LA to fight an infestation
[Last month, employees stripped dozens of citrus trees in Baldwin Hills of their fruits] as part of an all-out quarantine effort aimed at eradicating one of the most destructive pests in the world: the Mediterranean fruit fly.