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May 15, 2024 · Cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and R. (B.) microplus) are the most dangerous cattle ectoparasites in the United States. These ticks have been a threat to American agriculture for generations because they spread the disease bovine babesiosis, commonly called cattle fever.
Babesia bovis is an Apicomplexan single-celled parasite of cattle which occasionally infects humans. The disease it and other members of the genus Babesia cause is a hemolytic anemia known as babesiosis and colloquially called Texas cattle fever, redwater or piroplasmosis. It is transmitted by bites from infected larval ticks of the order Ixodida.
Common names of the disease that Babesia microti causes are Texas cattle fever, redwater fever, tick fever, and Nantucket fever. The disease it causes in humans, babesiosis, is also called piroplasmosis. Babesia microti, however, is not part of the genus Babesia.
WHAT ARE CATTLE FEVER TICKS? Cattle fever ticks, scientifically known as Rhipicephalus (R.) annulatus and R. microplus, are dangerous cattle ectoparasites that can serve as vectors of serious disease. Cattle fever ticks are capable of carrying and spreading the protozoa, or microscopic parasites, Babesia bovis and B. bigemina,
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Overview. This 3-page publication explains cattle fever transmission, prevention, control, and treatment. Cattle fever ticks pose a significant health threat to U.S. cattle and, if not controlled, could cost livestock producers an estimated $1 billion.
A similar disease in cattle, commonly known as tick fever, is spread by Babesia bovis and B. bigemina in the introduced cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus. This disease is found in eastern and northern Australia.
