The southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini), transmits bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis, and is endemic to Mexico, Latin and South America. Rhipicephalus (B.) microplus infestations within the United States are a continuing threat to U.S. cattle producers. An...
Author(s)
Temeyer, K. B.; Schlechte, K. G.; McDonough, W. P.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Medical Entomology, 2019, 56, 5, pp 1318-1323
Cattle fever ticks (CFT), vectors of bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis, were eradicated from the United States by 1943, but are frequently reintroduced from neighboring border states of Mexico via stray cattle and wildlife hosts including white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) (WTD) and nilgai ...
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Goolsby, J. A.; Singh, N. K.; Ortega-S, A., Jr.; Hewitt, D. G.; Campbell, T. A.; Wester, D.; León, A. A. P. de
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Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017, 6, 2, pp 100-107
The horn fly Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) is one of the most important ectoparasites of cattle. The parasitism of horn flies interferes with cattle feeding, thus reducing weight gain and milk production. Additionally, horn flies are mechanical vectors of pathogens that...
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Torres, L.; Almazán, C.; Ayllón, N.; Galindo, R. C.; Rosario-Cruz, R.; Quiroz-Romero, H.; Gortazar, C.; Fuente, J. de la
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Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
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Parasitology Research, 2012, 111, 3, pp 1391-1395
Research on FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE was conducted in several countries. Samples of the virus from the outbreak in Mexico in 1950 were identified in tests carried out in England and Mexico as Type A. Antiserum of O, A, and C types from the Foot and Mouth Disease Research Institute, England were used...
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Washington: U.S. Govt. Printing Off.,
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Report of the Administrator of Agricultural Research 1951., 1951, pp 497 pp.
In clinical trials with BOVINE MASTITIS penicillin treatment did not cure all quarters proved by the laboratory to be infected with penicillin sensitive organisms. The non-irritant nature of penicillin makes it superior to other drugs. It is not, however, capable of dealing with all cases of the...
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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Printing Off.,
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Report of the Administrator of Agricultural Research, 1945., 1945, pp 238 p; 70-98 pp.
California imported 602, 926 animals in 1942. These included 12, 504 dairy cattle, 99, 296 beef cattle, 483, 984 sheep and 4, 737 equines.
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS eradication is carried on in co-operation with the U.S.A. Bureau of Animal Industry. 1, 242, 325 cattle were tested and 0.2% reacted. All...
Author(s)
DUCKWORTH, C. U.
Citation
Bull. Dep. Agric. Calif., 1942, 31, pp 257-286
The number of dairy cattle increased by 3.1% to 131, 614. In tuberculin tests of 28, 160 cattle there were 0.184% reactors. The incidence of MASTITIS in dairy cattle is said to be 40% to 50%. This situation is being dealt with by the application of hygienic measures including the segregation of...
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Los Angeles, Calif.: County Livestock Department.,
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Los Angeles County Livestock Department, California. Twenty-third annual report, fiscal year ending June 30, 1947., 1947, pp 48 pp.
A large proportion of current research is devoted to long-term projects in animal husbandry. Investigation of animal diseases has included F. & M. DISEASE, BRUCELLOSIS, STERILITY, X-DISEASE (HYPERKERATOSIS IN CATTLE), ANA-PLASMOSIS, JOHNE'S DISEASE, EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITISandEQUINE INFECTIOUS...
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Printing Off.,
Citation
Report of the Administrator of Agricultural Research, 1950., 1951, pp 488 pp.
Progress in eradication of TUBERCULOSIS and BRUCELLOSIS is hampered by shortage of staff but approximately half the cattle in Canada are under supervision. Tables give the numbers of cattle tested, numbers of reactors and compensation paid. GLANDERS, DOURINE and SHEEP SCAB have been eradicated;...
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Ottawa: E. Cloutier.,
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Report of the Veterinary Director General for the year ended March 31, 1948., 1948, pp 49 pp.
There were 601, 709 animals imported. They included 162, 669 cattle, 430, 797 sheep and 8, 243 equines.
764, 650 cattle were tested and only 944 reacted in the control of bovine TB. These reactors were slaughtered and the herds from which they originated were retested. The same procedure applies to ...
Author(s)
DUCKWORTH, C. U.
Citation
Bull. Dep. Agric. Calif., 1943, 32, pp 337-363