J. L. Nunez, M. E. Munoz-Cobenas, H. L. Moltedo

Boophilus microplus

The Common Cattle Tick
Übersetzung: Bailie, H.; Michelsohn, C.; Paris, C.

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed tracing, from acceptable sources, of archaeological and paleontologi cal discoveries made up to the present time leads us to suppose that approximate ly in 8000 y B. C., in Southern Turkestan, man succeeded in domesticating the first cattle, which he later took with him as he migrated from this remote region of Central Asia. Step by step, Europe and Asia have been gradually inhabited by domesticated cattle which have been incorporated into man's economy, both as a source of food and work. The same happened in America and Australasia, continents where cattle were taken by the European colonizing groups during the course of the 16th to the 18th centuries. Possibly the common cattle tick also reached these continents at the same time, accompanying its most frequent host. The cattle tick, Boophilus microplus, parasitizes Asiatic cattle races (with spe cial reference to the zebu, Bos indicus), but generally the level of infestation is not high, only a few engorged females being detected, generally no more than ten. When cattle of European races are infested by Boophilus microplus, how ever, the level of parasitism is higher, sometimes reaching limits incompatible with the life of the host.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-70258-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9783642702587
• ISBN-10: 3642702589
• Artikelnr.: 36121479

Inhaltsangabe

I Introduction.- 1 Debilitating Action Exercised by a Hematophagus Parasite on a Host.- 2 Transmission of Diseases to Hematozoons.- 3 Losses Suffered by the Tanning Industry.- References.- II Taxonomy.- External Morphological Characteristics of Argasidae.- Internal Morphological Characteristics of Ixodidae and Argasidae.- References.- III Morphology and Physiology.- Capitulum.- Legs.- Dorsal Shield.- Digestive System.- Central Nervous System.- Circulatory System.- Respiratory System.- Reproductive System.- Cuticle (Exoskeleton).- References.- IV Life Cycle.- Free-Living Cycle.- Parasitic Life Cycle.- References.- V Therapeutics and Control.- Principles of the Control of Ticks.- Use of Chemical Products in the Control of Ticks.- Therapeutics.- Organophosphorous Compounds.- Commercial Formulations.- Carbamates.- New Acaricide Drugs.- Synthetic Pyrethroids.- Drugs of Systemic Action.- References.- VI Tick Control off the Host.- Grazing Treatments with Acaricides.- Biological Control by Means of Predators.- Sexual Sterilization of Adult Males.- Metabolic Alterations.- Hormones.- Use of Resistant Cattle.- References.- VII Host Resistance to Ticks.- 1 Resistance in Zebu (Bos indicus) and its Crosses.- 2 Resistance in European Cattle (Bos taurus).- The Inheritance of Resistance.- Conclusions.- References.- VIII Resistance.- Clinical Symptoms.- Mechanisms.- Arsenicals.- Chlorides.- Organophosphorous Compounds and Carbamates.- Synthetic Pyrethroids.- Evolution of Resistance After Relaxation of Chemical Pressure.- Genetics of Resistance.- Measuring Resistance.- References.