Tick Vector Biology

The book provides a comprehensive account of ticks andtick-borne diseases occurring in tropical and subtropicalareas. It begins with a complete up-to-date overview of thesystematics of the Ixodida (Ixodidae, Argasidae andNutalliellidae) and is followed by a review of the problemof ticks and tick-borne diseases of domestic animals worldwide. This leads on to multi-disciplinary approaches toplanning tick and tick-borne disease control and tocontributions on calculating the economic impact of a tickspecies such as Amblyomma americanum on beef productionsystems. Heartwater fever (cowdriosis) and dermatophilosisare endemic in Africa and pose a threat to the NorthAmerican mainland. The epidemiology of these two diseases isdiscussed in detail as is the role of frozen vaccines tocontrol bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis. The book alsoincludes chapters on tick transmitted zoonoses such as Lymeborreliosis, tick typhus and ehrlichiosis. It concludes witha review of the acaricidal treatment of tick infestation.