Editing Laredo, Texas (section)

=== Agriculture ===
Laredo is a major center for the [[cattle ranching]] in the state.<ref name="surveillance" /> Cattle here suffer from the cattle fever tick, ''[[Rhipicephalus microplus]]'' (syn. ''Boophilus microplus'').<ref name="surveillance" /> Researchers and ranchers are concerned about [[pyrethroid resistance]] developing and spreading here, as it has in nearby areas of the state and neighboring [[Tamaulipas]] state.<ref name="surveillance">This review {{cite journal | journal=[[Journal of Medical Entomology]] | issn=0022-2585 | year=2021 | issue=4 | volume=58 | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] (OUP) ([[Entomological Society of America]] (ESA)) | last1=Showler | first1=Allan | last2=Leon | first2=Adalberto | last3=Saelao | first3=Perot | title=Biosurveillance and Research Needs Involving Area-Wide Systematic Active Sampling to Enhance Integrated Cattle Fever Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Eradication | doi=10.1093/jme/tjab051 | pages=1601–1609 | pmid=33822110 | s2cid=233036282| doi-access=free }} cites this study {{cite journal | year=2020 | issue=4 | volume=113 | first9=David | first8=Glen | first7=Nathan | first6=Juan | first5=Robert | first4=Pia | first3=Joseph | first1=Donald | last10=Leon | last9=Wagner | last8=Scoles | last7=Stone | last5=Miller | last4=Olafson | last3=Busch | last1=Thomas | pages=298–309 | first10=Adalberto | first2=Guilherme | last6=Mosqueda | last2=Klafke | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] (OUP) ([[Entomological Society of America]] (ESA)) | journal=[[Annals of the Entomological Society of America]] | issn=0013-8746 | title=Tracking the Increase of Acaricide Resistance in an Invasive Population of Cattle Fever Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Implementation of Real-Time PCR Assays to Rapidly Genotype Resistance Mutations | s2cid=216254066 | doi=10.1093/aesa/saz053| doi-access=free }}</ref> Because the situation is so severe, the main office of the country's {{visible anchor|Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program}} is located here.<ref name="sitrep" /> This program is operated by [[USDA APHIS]].<ref name="sitrep">{{cite web|access-date=December 5, 2022|publisher=[[Texas A&M AgriLife]]|url=https://tickapp.tamu.edu/invasive-ticks/cattle-fever-tick-situation-report/|title=Cattle Fever Tick Situation Report}}</ref> The {{visible anchor|Deutch Strain}} of this tick was collected here by Davey ''et al.'', 1980 and is now a commonly used [[laboratory strain]] negative for pyrethroid resistance.<ref name=melt>This review {{cite journal |year=2020 |id=108993 |volume=278 |first3=Srikant |first2=Anil |first1=Rinesh |last3=Ghosh |last2=Sharma |last1=Kumar |title=Menace of acaricide resistance in cattle tick, ''Rhipicephalus microplus'' in India: Status and possible mitigation strategies |journal=[[Veterinary Parasitology (journal)|Veterinary Parasitology]] |page=108993 |publisher=[[Elsevier B.V.]] ([[American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists]] (AAVP) & European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC) & World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) |doi=10.1016/j.vetpar.2019.108993 |pmid=31954273 |s2cid=210715482}} cites this study {{cite journal|journal=International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance |publisher=Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) ([[Elsevier]]) |year=2019 |volume=9 |pages=100–111 |first6=Teresa |first5=Daniela |first4=Donald |first3=Jason |first2=Robert |first1=Guilherme |last7=Leon |last6=Arroyo |last5=Sanchez |last4=Thomas |last3=Tidwell |last2=Miller |first7=Adalberto |last1=Klafke |title=High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, ''Rhipicephalus'' (''Boophilus'') ''microplus'' (Acari: Ixodidae) |issn=2211-3207 |doi=10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.03.001 |pmid=30889438 |pmc=6423475}}</ref>