Guest guest Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Parasitology. 2004;129 Suppl:S247-69. Related Articles, Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=15938514 & query_hl=1 Babesiosis of cattle.Bock R, L, de Vos A, nsen W.Tock Fever Centre, Animal and Plant Health Service, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, 280 Grindle Road, Wacol Qld 4076, Australia. russell.bock@...Tick fever or cattle fever (babesiosis) is economically the most important arthropod-borne disease of cattle worldwide with vast areas of Australia, Africa, South and Central America and the United States continuously under threat. Tick fever was the first disease for which transmission by an arthropod to a mammal was implicated at the turn of the twentieth century and is the first disease to be eradicated from a continent (North America). This review describes the biology of Babesia spp. in the host and the tick, the scale of the problem to the cattle industry, the various components of control programmes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, vaccination and future research. The emphasis is on Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina.PMID: 15938514 [PubMed - in process] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 I sort of keep track of what's going on with cattle and Babs in the USA. It was thought to be erradicated from US cattle during world war II - mainly by tick control (heavy HEAVY use of insecticide). It used to be called Texas Fever, and stillis in some areas - But there are many diseases transmitted to cattle by ticks- but only a few are of 'economic' consequence- only the ones that cause the cattlemen to lose money are addressed. Here's a recent blurb from the cattlemens association: http://www.beefusa.org/NEWSTexasSpleneticFeverinCattleIncorporationbyR eference10726.aspx Barb > Parasitology. 2004;129 Suppl:S247-69. Related Articles, Links > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=15938514 & query_hl=1 > > Babesiosis of cattle. > > Bock R, L, de Vos A, nsen W. > > Tock Fever Centre, Animal and Plant Health Service, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, 280 Grindle Road, Wacol Qld 4076, Australia. russell.bock@d... > > Tick fever or cattle fever (babesiosis) is economically the most important arthropod-borne disease of cattle worldwide with vast areas of Australia, Africa, South and Central America and the United States continuously under threat. Tick fever was the first disease for which transmission by an arthropod to a mammal was implicated at the turn of the twentieth century and is the first disease to be eradicated from a continent (North America). This review describes the biology of Babesia spp. in the host and the tick, the scale of the problem to the cattle industry, the various components of control programmes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, vaccination and future research. The emphasis is on Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina. > > PMID: 15938514 [PubMed - in process] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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