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The book provides a comprehensive account of ticks and§tick-borne diseases occurring in tropical and subtropical§areas. It begins with a complete up-to-date overview of the§systematics of the Ixodida (Ixodidae, Argasidae and§Nutalliellidae) and is followed by a review of the problem§of ticks and tick-borne diseases of domestic animals world§wide. This leads on to multi-disciplinary approaches to§planning tick and tick-borne disease control and to§contributions on calculating the economic impact of a tick§species such as Amblyomma americanum on beef production§systems. Heartwater fever (cowdriosis) and dermatophilosis§are endemic in Africa and pose a threat to the North§American mainland. The epidemiology of these two diseases is§discussed in detail as is the role of frozen vaccines to§control bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis. The book also§includes chapters on tick transmitted zoonoses such as Lyme§borreliosis, tick typhus and ehrlichiosis. It concludes with§a review of the acaricidal treatment of tick infestation.
