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The Asian blue tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Rhipicephalus microplus, or Boophilus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock and wild mammal species, [1] especially cattle, on which it is the most economically significant ectoparasite in the world. [2]
Ticks infesting sheep and cattle have been controlled with a wide variety of chemicals ranging from coal tar extracts, arsenic salts, and specific pesticidal chemicals such as DDT for many decades. These are now replaced by various synthetic chemicals of high specificity for acarines and ticks, and farmers frequently rely on treating their ...
A spreadsheet developed by Kansas State University agricultural economist Kevin C. Dhuyvetter and beef specialist Dale Blasi to calculate the costs of a RFID-based animal identification system, published in July 2005, puts the costs at $7.21 per head for a herd of 250 cattle, based on variables including the cost of tags and hardware such as ...
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Animal identification using a means of marking is a process done to identify and track specific animals. It is done for a variety of reasons including verification of ownership, biosecurity control, and tracking for research or agricultural purposes.
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Psoroptes ovis is an example of a surface-feeding mite. It commonly infests sheep, and cattle are infrequently infested. [14] Other common psoroptic mites are in the genus Chorioptes. [15] Species of Psoroptes and Chorioptes are very similar in appearance and infest the same species of livestock hosts. A diagnostic aid to differentiate these ...
Cattle tick can refer to any of several species of ticks that parasitize cattle, including: Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick;