Importance of ticks and their chemical and immunological control in livestock.
The medical and economic importance of ticks has long been recognized due to their ability to transmit diseases to humans and animals. Ticks cause great economic losses to livestock, and adversely affect livestock hosts in several ways. Loss of blood is a direct effect of ticks acting as potential vector for haemo-protozoa and helminth parasites. Blood sucking by large numbers of ticks causes reduction in live weight and anemia among domestic animals, while their bites also reduce the quality of hides. However, major losses caused by ticks are due to their ability to transmit protozoan, rickettsial and viral diseases of livestock, which are of great economic importance world-wide. There are quite a few methods for controlling ticks, but every method has certain shortcomings. The present review is focused on ticks importance and their control.
Rajput
Zahid Iqbal
ZI
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. rao_rajput2002@yahoo.com
Hu
Song-hua
SH
Chen
Wan-jun
WJ
Arijo
Abdullah G
AG
Xiao
Chen-wen
CW
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013987:Ticks / Q000276:immunology; D014612:Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007306:Insecticides; D014612:Vaccines