Tick-borne disease as a barrier to efficient land use

Abstract

Tick-borne diseases world-wide are responsible for the deaths of millions of cattle each year, and chronic anaemia in millions more. Their distribution often coincides with that of trypanosomiases of man and animal, onchocerciasis and malaria, and minimal use of the areas in which they occur. To develop such areas needs careful management with regard to improved grazing, up-grading of stock, control of ticks by dipping or spraying and, where possible, exclusion of wild host animals.