Source: Old Dominion University Research Foundation submitted to NRP
ADAPTING TICKBOT TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT EFFORTS BY APPROPRIATED CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION RESEARCH PROJECT
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0430412
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Apr 1, 2016
Project End Date
Dec 31, 2019
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
Old Dominion University Research Foundation
PO Box 6369
Norfolk,VA 23508-0369
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
80%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
10%
Applied
80%
Developmental
10%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
7213310108065%
3123410113010%
3123120104025%
Knowledge Area
312 - External Parasites and Pests of Animals; 721 - Insects and Other Pests Affecting Humans;

Subject Of Investigation
3120 - Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods; 3310 - Beef cattle, live animal; 3410 - Dairy cattle, live animal;

Field Of Science
1040 - Molecular biology; 1130 - Entomology and acarology; 1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
Adapt the Tick-Bot technology as a method to reduce the cost of pasture quarantine by detecting and controlling cattle fever ticks infesting premises in south Texas.
Project Methods
Initiate tests of TickBot with appropriate acaricides for reduction of larval cattle fever tick population in a controlled pasture. Careful measurements will be taken to assess any potential environmental impact of this intervention on non-target species. Also test the technology in the field for ability to detect and control infested premises by using the TickBot as a detection instrument to map relationships between vegetation and larval presence. Test relationships using GIS mapping and further ground truthing. This will serve as basis to determine relationship between white-tailed deer density and cattle fever ticks populations. Complete tests by deploying the TickBot at the livestock-wildlife interface in an effort to disrupt translocation of cattle fever ticks from white-tailed deer to livestock.