Premium
The numbers of bush ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis , parasitic on grazing cattle before and after the acquisition of host resistance
Author(s) -
SUTHERST R. W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1983.tb02801.x
Subject(s) - haemaphysalis longicornis , tick , biology , host (biology) , grazing , veterinary medicine , population , host resistance , zoology , resistance (ecology) , ecology , ixodidae , immunology , demography , medicine , sociology
SUMMARY The numbers of bush ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis , on Bos taurus steers in south east Queensland was recorded regularly from July 1971 until January 1974. The steers had no prior exposure to the tick. The parasitic tick population was large during the first year, but declined to low levels in the second and third years, apparently as a result of the steers acquiring resistance to tick feeding.