Summary
The conventional control of ticks and tick borne disease using acaricides
required adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances. These are that modern
acaricides are required for reasons of safety of personnel and the environment
and to overcome problems of resistance of ticks to acaricides. These
acaricides are more expensive, must be imported and often are in short
supply. In addition the use of acaricides needs to be integrated better with
other means of controlling the ticks and the transmitted diseases. These
means are pasture management, seasonally adjusted acaricide use, and
vaccines and drugs to control the diseases.
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| Primary Relevance |
Low - High |
| Feeding and Nutrition |
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| Animal Health |
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| Commodities and Markets |
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| Other Husbandry |
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| Policy Relevance |
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This project examines how acaricide use could
help combat ECF if combined with sex
pheromones of ticks, which act as externally
active chemical signals to ticks. They have
already been used successfully in helping to
control some insect pests of crops and more
recently a large-scale field trial, in Zimbabwe,
using sex hormones to improve the control of
ticks carrying heartwater disease of cattle gave
very encouraging results.
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