cattle tick

cattle tick

n.

A brown tick (Boophilus annulatus) whose bite transmits the causative agent of Texas fever in cattle.

Rhipicephalus microplus

A haematophagous hard tick that is the most important tick parasite of livestock in the world—it may decrease production, damage hides and serve as a vector for arboviral and bacterial (babesiosis due to Babesia bigemina, and B bovis and anaplasmosis due to Anaplasma marginale) infections.

Hosts
Cattle, buffalo, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, deer, pigs, dogs and some wild animals.

Range
Everyplace in the world, except the US.

cattle

members of the family Bovidae. There are wild cattle (Bibos spp.) including Banteng, Gaur and Gayal. They resemble domestic cattle but have a hump on their back. Domestic cattle are all members of the Bos genus. There are two species: Bos taurus or European or British breeds of cattle, and Bos indicus the Zebu or oriental domestic cattle. The common breeds of each are set out below. Interbreeding between the species is common, the offspring being called taurindicus or zeboid cattle.

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beef cattle

breeds of cattle bred especially for the economic production of meat. See beef breeds.

cattle breeding herds

commercial cattle herds which produce beef calves for sale to fatteners.

commercial cattle

cattle used to produce milk or meat for the general market.

dairy cattle

cattle used solely for the production of dairy products. Called also milk or milch cows. See dairy breeds.

cattle dog

dogs used to herd and work cattle. See australian cattle dog, working dogs.

dual-purpose cattle

most breeds of cattle in continental Europe are of this type. They produce heavy yields of milk and are also good carcass cattle. See dual-purpose.

cattle grubs

see hypoderma. Called also warble fly.

cattle louse

see haematopinus and linognathus.

pedigree cattle

cattle that are registered in a recognized stud book.

purebred cattle

cattle produced by matings between members of the same breed, not necessarily pedigreed cattle.

stud cattle

pedigree cattle maintained as a separate herd, whose offspring are ofen sold as breeders, forming a major source of income for the enterprise.

cattle tick

any one of a large variety of tick species, the title being used locally to designate the preponderant species.

young cattle

farmers' term for weaned calves, yearlings and 2-year old-cattle.