Livestock Immunity to Ticks - January 31, 2025

A Guide to Livestock Immunity to Ticks

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for managing infestations from arthropod ectoparasites, specifically ticks, in domestic animals. It addresses the non-sustainable reliance on chemical treatments by exploring other avenues of tick management.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: It considers avenues such as innate tick resistance, naturally acquired adaptive immunity, and technological developments and successes like vaccination schemes.
• Natural and Human Intervention: The book explores managing infestations through both natural tick control and human intervention.
• Commercialization Barriers: It takes into consideration the barriers any one of these solutions may face on the road to commercialization.
• Broad Audience: This book is a valuable resource for researchers and students of immunology, parasitology, and entomology.