Enzootic stability of tick fever in Holstein calves grazing in a tropical region, subjected to strategic cattle tick control with fluralaner.
Dina Maria Beltran ZapaLidia Mendes de AquinoLuiz Felipe Monteiro CoutoLuciana Maffini HellerIgor Maciel Lopes de MoraisVanessa Ferreira SalvadorLuccas Lourenzzo Lima Lins LealArtur Siqueira Nunes TrindadeWarley Vieira de Freitas PaulaNicolas Jalowitzki de LimaLorena Lopes FerreiraDaniel de Castro RodriguesTom StrydomSiddhartha TorresVando Edésio SoaresCaio Marcio Oliveira MonteiroFelipe da Silva KrawczakWelber Daniel Zanetti LopesPublished in: Parasites & vectors (2024)
In comparison with the control treatment, the strategic control regimen against R. microplus with FLU that was implemented in the present study did not negatively affect the enzootic stability status of A. marginale and B. bigemina in the herd up to 22 months of age. The enzootic stability status of B. bovis was not reached by either group. These results likely represent a characteristic of the local tick population, so further studies should be performed.