Bruce Fivaz, Trevor Petney, Ivan Horak

Tick Vector Biology

Medical and Veterinary Aspects

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-76645-9
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9783642766459
• ISBN-10: 3642766455
• Artikelnr.: 36114481

Inhaltsangabe

Systematics of the Ixodida (Argasidae, Ixodidae, Nuttalliellidae): An Overview and Some Problems.- Veterinary Significance of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases.- Economics, Epidemiology and Ecology: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Planning and Appraisal of Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Control in Southern Africa.- Bio-Economic Impact of Amblyomma americanum in Beef Cattle Production Systems.- Biological Processes in the Epidemiology of Heartwater.- Studies on the Role of Amblyomma variegatum in the Transmission of Dermatophilus congolensis.- Bovine Ehrlichiosis.- Canine Ehrlichiosis.- Lyme Borreliosis in Southern Africa.- Tick-Bite Fever (Tick Typhus) in Southern Africa.- Observations on African Tick Typhus (Tick-Bite Fever) in Zimbabwe.- The Role of Ticks in the Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Southern Africa.- Protection of Cattle Against Babesiosis in Tropical and Subtropical Countries with a Live, Frozen Vaccine.- Chemical Control of Ticks on Cattle.- Organism Index.