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Sheep Keds

Sheep Keds is a parasitic insect species of the family Hippoboscidae that specifically infests sheep, characterized by its wingless, blood-feeding adult form and direct viviparous reproduction, distinguishing it from other ectoparasites through its obligate host association and unique life cycle.

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130

Authors

58

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Melophagus Ovinus

Parents

Publications

32

First Molecular Evidence of <i>Anaplasma ovis</i> and <i>Rickettsia</i> spp. in Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of Sheep and Wild Ruminants

Sándor Hornok, José de la Fuente, Nóra Biró et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases · 2011 · 99 citations

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Deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) in the accompanying equipment of the Late Neolithic human mummy from the Similaun, South Tyrol

Rainer Gothe, H. Sch�l · Parasitology Research · 1994 · 79 citations

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Bartonella melophagi in blood of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern US: Cultures, genetic characterization, and ecological connections

Michael Kosoy, Ying Bai, Russell E. Enscore et al. · Veterinary Microbiology · 2016 · 58 citations

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Preliminary bluetongue Transmission with the sheep ked Melophagus ovinus (L.).

A. J. Luedke, M. M. Jochim, J. G. Bowne · PubMed · 1965 · 51 citations

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<i><scp>T</scp>rypanosoma</i> (<i><scp>M</scp>egatrypanum</i>) <i>melophagium</i> in the Sheep Ked <i>Melophagus ovinus</i> from Organic Farms in Croatia: Phylogenetic Inferences Support Restriction to Sheep and Sheep Keds and Close Relationship with Trypanosomes from Other Ruminant Species

Franjo Martinković, Krešimir Matanović, Adriana C. Rodrigues et al. · Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology · 2011 · 48 citations

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Authors

130

  1. WA
    Wendy A. Nelson

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

    9 publications · 175 citations

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  2. SH
    Sándor Hornok

    University of Veterinary Medicine, Hungary

    2 publications · 135 citations

    2

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  3. ZL
    Zhi-Qiang Liu

    Shihezi University, China

    2 publications · 83 citations

    2

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  4. YW
    Yuanzhi Wang

    Shihezi University, China

    2 publications · 83 citations

    2

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  5. SB
    S. B. Slen

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada

    2 publications · 35 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

58

  1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    142 citations

  2. Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science

    Ürümqi, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  3. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    264 citations

  5. Shihezi University

    Shihezi, China

    2 h-index

    14 publications

    559 citations

  6. Tarim University

    Aral, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    229 citations

  7. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    86 citations

  8. Lethbridge College

    Lethbridge, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Parasitology Research

    4 publications · 154 citations

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  2. Experimental Parasitology

    EP · 4 publications · 89 citations

    4

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  3. Parasitology

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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  4. Canadian Journal of Animal Science

    CJAS · 2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  5. Parasites & Vectors

    2 publications · 83 citations

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