Texas cattle fever | disease | Britannica (original) (raw)
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In Theobald Smith …was carried out (1888–93) on Texas cattle fever. He discovered that the disease is caused by a protozoan parasite (Pyrosomabigeminum [now called _Babesia bigemina_]) that is transmitted to uninfected cattle by blood-sucking ticks. This was the first definite proof of the role ticks and other arthropods (including insects) can… Read More
transmission by ticks
In tick diseases, including Lyme disease, Texas cattle fever, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, Q fever, tularemia, hemorrhagic fever, Powassan virus disease, and a form of Read More
In acarid: Importance Texas cattle fever is a widespread protozoan disease transmitted by cattle ticks (Boophilus). This disease, no longer prevalent in the United States because the tick has been eliminated, remains important in many tropical and subtropical countries. Various other diseases transmitted to animals by ticks include… Read More
