Co-infections of major tick-borne pathogens of dogs in Andhra Pradesh, South India.

Implementing hemoprotozoan control strategies in dogs has become difficult because of the co-infections. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out for simultaneous detection of the co-infections of , and from dogs (N = 442) in Andhra Pradesh, South India. The co-infection combinations were classified as (i) + + (BEH), (ii) + (BE), (iii) + (BH) and (iv) + (EH) groups.

Assessment of acaricidal activity of nanoscale ZnO encapsulated piperine formulation against .

This study aims to synthesise and evaluate the acaricidal activity of nanoscale zinc oxide piperine formulation (NZPF) against ticks. NZPF was prepared by using zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and piperine by employing encapsulation technique; characterised by UV spectroscopy, Fourier transformed infrared analysis, X-ray diffraction, dynamic light scattering, zetapotential and scanning electron microscopy. Acaricidal activity of the NZPF on was evaluated using larval packet test (LPT) and adult immersion test (AIT).

PCR test for detecting Taenia solium cysticercosis in pig carcasses.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was employed to detect Taenia solium DNA in muscle lesions for validation of the meat inspection results of slaughtered pigs. Two sets of oligonucleotide primers, one targeted against the large subunit rRNA gene (TBR primers) and the other targeted against cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (Cox1 primers) of T. solium were used in this study.