Abstract The one-host cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Say), and southern microplus (Canestrini), are important ectoparasitic pests of cattle, Bos taurus L., mostly for transmitting the causal agents bovine babesiosis. Bovine babesiosis inflicted substantial production losses in United States before vectors were eliminated by 1943, with exception a Permanent Quarantine Zo...

BACKGROUND Boophilus annulatus is an obligate blood feeder tick that can cause great losses in animals due to anemia and its ability to injure its host skin directly. The aim of this study was identification of cattle humoral immune response to some tick proteins during experimental infestation. METHODS Immune sera against tick were collected from experimentally infested cattle with ticks. On...

background: west azerbaijan is considered as a main region for domestic animal breeding. due to importance of herd as a main host and ticks as a vector of relapsing fever and cchf, a comprehensive study was undertaken in the region. methods: outdoor, indoor collection as well as ticks stick to the animals' body were collected and identified. the study was conducted during the whole seasons in 2...