Open AccessTítulo en español
Author(s) -
H. D. Tate
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v25i1.3516
Subject(s) - medicine
For many years the presence of the tropical cattle tick, Boophilus annulatus microplus (Can.) (australis Fuller), in Puerto Rico has been a serious impediment to the development of the cattle industry in that island. In addition to heavy losses occasioned by tick infestation alone, the role of these ectoparasites in the transmission of tick fever of cattle has resulted in enormous losses and has presented an obstacle to the introduction of the better breeds of non-immune stock from tick-free areas.