Beefing Up Biosecurity: Survey of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Currently Threatening the Tennessee Beef Cattle Industry, and a Proposed Monitoring Strategy for Invasive Ticks

Tick-borne diseases are poised to devastate the North American cattle industry if infected ticks invade the country either by importation of an infested-animal or with natural host migration. Our research objectives were to identify sources for invasive-tick monitoring and use those sources to descr...

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Published in:	Journal of medical entomology Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1517 - 1526
Main Authors:	Theuret, D. P., Fryxell, R. T. Trout
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Entomological Society of America 25-10-2018 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Acari Arachnids Beef Beef cattle Biosecurity Cattle Cattle industry Current distribution Importation Infestation invasive biology Ixodidae Livestock Monitoring Parasitic diseases SAMPLING, DISTRIBUTION, DISPERSAL Seasonal distribution Stations surveillance tick Tick-borne diseases Ticks United States > US Tennessee
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