Strategies and Limitations to Control Ticks
Keywords:
Ticks, Livestock, Animals, Prevention, PandemicAbstract
In brief, ticks are a well-known parasite that has a negative impact on livestock output. Here, we take stock of what we know about ticks, how they spread, the harm they do to animals, and the obstacles that prevent us from controlling them effectively. The predicted climate trends clearly contribute to the spread of ticks in several regions. Rhipicephalus micro plus has been found to have expanded its range and colonized new areas across Africa as a result of the continent's warming temperatures. General climate change seems to be driving the reported elevation increase of this species in the mountain regions of Central and South America. However, this is not the only reason for tick proliferation. It's possible that the difficulty in implementing effective tick control measures is attributable to factors such as poor farm management, unrestricted movement of domestic animals, an abundance of wild animals, and a lack of an adequate framework to capture the ecological plasticity of certain ticks. In this paper, we take a look back at the many ways in which ticks interact with their natural surroundings, wild animal neighbors, and tick-on-tick warfare. Our goal is to provide a unified structure for studying tick ecology and its connection to animal production systems, so we will be emphasizing these interconnections.
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