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Providing a comprehensive account of ticks and tick-borne diseases occurring in tropical and subtropical arears, the text begins with a view of the systematics of the Ixodida (Ixodidae, Argasidae and Nutalliellidae) and is followed by a review of the problem of ticks and tick-borne diseases of domestic animals worldwide. This leads on to mult-disciplinary approaches to planning tick and tick-borne disease control and to contribution on calculating the economic impact of a tick species such as Amblyomma americanum on beef production systems. Heartwater fever (cowdriosis) and dermatophilosis are endemic in Africa and pose a threat to the North American mainland. The epidemilogy of these two diseases is discussed in detail as is the role of frozen vaccines to control bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis. Also included are chapters on tick transmitted zoonoses such as Lyme borreliosts, tick typhus and ehrlichiosis. It concludes with a review of the acaricidal treatment of tick infestation.

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Author:   Bruce Fivaz ,  etc.
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9783540540458

ISBN 10:   3540540458
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   25 June 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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