Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) affect the productivity of bovines in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world, leading to a significant adverse impact on the livelihoods of …

Simple Summary Cattle parasites live inside or on the body of beef cattle. The most common
beef parasites include intestinal roundworms, flatworms and ticks. The act of parasitizing …

The profitability of livestock activities can be diminished significantly by the effects of
parasites. Economic losses caused by cattle parasites in Brazil were estimated on an annual …

Here, economic losses caused by cattle parasites in Mexico were estimated on an annual
basis. The main factors taken into consideration for this assessment included the total …

Abstract The book Australian Ticks by FHS Roberts (1970) is a land-mark in Australian tick
biology. But it is time for a new and improved book on the ticks of Australia. The present …

Abstract The tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is a key vector of bacterial and
protozoan diseases causing heavy economic losses directly and indirectly in animal …

Beef production needs to increase from 60 million to 130 million tons by 2050 to feed a
growing world population, and 70% of this production increase is expected from beef …

Nowadays there is no doubt about the importance of production animals in the economy and
food security of the population throughout the world. For an animal to be productive (cattle …

Determining patterns of host use, and the frequency at which these patterns change, are of
key importance if we are to understand tick population dynamics, the evolution of tick …

Today, we are witnessing changes in the spatial distribution and abundance of many
species, including ticks and their associated pathogens. Evidence that these changes are …