For more than 100 years, 'tick fever' (Babesia bovis, B. bigemina and Anaplasma marginale) and B. microplus have caused tremendous financial loss to cattle producers around the world. Since Australia became infected with the disease and infested with its tick vector in the mid-19th century, a great ...

This book provides a history in Australia of 4 parasites of cattle, Babesia bovis, B. bigemina and Anaplasma marginale (together causing 'tick fever'), and their vector Boophilus microplus. The majority of the research conducted to combat them since their introduction to Australia during the 19th...

Illustrated accounts are given of the life-cycle of Boophilus microplus and of the life-cycles and transmission of the parasites it transmits to cattle in Queensland, Australia -- Babesia bovis, B. bigemina and Anaplasma.ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:In this article from Queensland, the life-cycles are...

The vector potential of Haemaphysalis longicornis Neum. in the transmission of Anaplasma marginale in Queensland was evaluated. Attempts at trans-stadial, intrastadial and transovarial transmission in the laboratory were unsuccessful. Successful nymph-to-adult transmission by Boophilus microplus...

Strategic dipping and pasture spelling plus dipping were compared in Queensland with no treatment on Droughtmaster cows and their progeny over 5 years. Average monthly counts of Boophilus microplus (Can.) on the young cattle and their dams were 10 and 18, <1 and 2, and 56 and 112, for the 3 treatments, respectively. There was stable transmission of Babesia bovis, B. bigemina and Anaplasma marginale to the progeny from the untreated cows. Strategic dipping, and pasture spelling plus dipping, seriously disrupted the transmission of B. bovis, and vaccination against this parasite is recommended. Pasture spelling plus dipping also interfered with the transmission of A. marginale and B. bigemina, but vaccination against A. marginale only is warranted. At 27-29 months of age, the young cattle in the strategic dipping group had...