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Livestock Immunity to Ticks
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- Johann Schröder
- Publisher:
- CAB International
- ISBN:
- 978-1-80-062574-7
- Doody Core Title Score:
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Description
As arthropod ectoparasites, ticks threaten the wellbeing of the animals whose habitat they share.
They cause skin damage from their bite wounds, secrete toxins, transmit pathogens, and can also induce allergic reactions and infected wounds.
For more than a century, domestic animals have undergone chemical tick treatment as part of their husbandry routine. However, this reliance on chemicals is non-sustainable, and ignores the existence of other possible avenues of tick management. Covering recent developments in the field, this book considers avenues such as:
- Managing infestations through both natural tick control and human intervention
- Innate tick resistance
- Naturally acquired adaptive immunity
- Technological developments and successes such as vaccination schemes
Livestock Immunity to Ticks provides a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for researchers and students of immunology, parasitology and entomology.
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- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- CAB International
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Johann Schröder
- ISBN:
- 978-1-80-062574-7
- Specialty:
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- Agriculture
- Veterinary Science
- Animal Sciences
- Earth & Geological Sciences
- Parasitology and Infectious Diseases
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 192
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Doody Core Title Score:
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