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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]
Cattle tick can refer to any of several species of ticks that parasitize cattle, including: Haemaphysalis longicornis , the Asian longhorned tick Rhipicephalus annulatus , the North American cattle tick
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 ...
Babesiasis is one of the major cattle devastating diseases throughout the world. It reduce the meat production, and dairy products as well. Quarantine is the major method of controlling ticks. Sanitation and frequent check for ticks also taken place. Preparations of Nigella sativa are a good method to control ticks. [6]
Free-roaming individuals of O. coriaceus are most often found near the bedding areas of deer, or in native habitats exposed to grazing by large numbers of cattle or horses. Records of this species come from areas with a range of vegetation types including manzanita and scrub-oak chaparral , mountain-mahogany scrub, among cottonwoods, as well in ...
Mites are small crawling animals related to ticks and spiders.Most mites are free-living and harmless. Other mites are parasitic, and those that infest livestock animals cause many diseases that are widespread, reduce production and profit for farmers, and are expensive to control.
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the brown ear tick, [1] is a hard tick [2] found in Africa where it spreads the parasite Theileria parva, the cause of East Coast fever in cattle. [3] The tick has a three-host life-cycle, spending around 10% of its life feeding on animals. [ 2 ]