The history of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus in Australia and achievements in its control

摘要: For more than 100 years, tick fever and the cattle have caused tremendous financial loss to producers around world. Since Australia became infected with disease infested its vector in mid-19th century, a great deal of research effort has been directed towards their effective control by Australian farmers, administrators scientists. Such yielded information which facilitated development various strategies that equal application other countries afflicted same problem. It demonstrated integration variety these is necessary for long-lasting control.