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The International Agricultural Show is expected to attract no less than 672,000 visitors in 2018, with nearly one in three visitors spending a full day on site. The TiBoDi team from UMR BIOEPAR will be offering fun and interactive activities for young and old alike on the theme "The secret life of plants and animals".
The research of the TiBoDi (Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases) team of the UMR INRA-Oniris BIOEPAR (Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health) focuses on ticks and the diseases transmitted by these arthropod vectors, using various approaches ranging from genomics to community ecology, population dynamics, parasitology and infectiology.

Ticks SIA 2019 © Inra

Within the theme chosen this year by INRA, the animations proposed will focus on "how ticks adapt to their environment (especially abiotic: humidity, temperature ...), perceive the presence of hosts within their agro-ecosystem (adults in search of a host at the end of a blade of grass), reproduce and develop (females laying eggs)". Visitors will be able to discover this secret life of ticks in a terrarium illustrating the different biotopes in which ticks are found (mosses and forest litter, pastures, crops), with live ticks (including 1 or 2 gorged females laying eggs and males and females of different species to illustrate their biodiversity). Magnifying glasses will allow visitors to observe the contents of the terrarium from outside. Various films illustrating the biology of ticks and the diseases they transmit will provide a medium for discussion with visitors.

Contacts

Organizer : Olivier Plantard

Scientific contact :

•  Olivier Plantard

Associated Department : Santé animale

Associated Centre : Pays de la Loire